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Part Three: How The Dulles Brothers Created The CIA And Destroyed Everything Else

Behind the Bastards

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Unraveling La Violencia: Ignorance and Misinterpretation in Cold War Colombia

This chapter delves into the assassination of a Colombian leader in 1948 that sparked La Violencia, a period of extreme violence claiming thousands of lives. It critiques American leaders' misconceptions about Colombian politics and their misattribution of the chaos to Soviet influence, connecting historical socioeconomic factors to Cold War tensions.

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