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Jonathan M. Katz: Gangsters of Capitalism (2022, St. Martin's Press) 4 stars

A groundbreaking journey tracing America’s forgotten path to global power―and how its legacies shape our …

Review of 'Gangsters of Capitalism' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This was a great approach to such a well-documented historical figure who has nevertheless fallen out of recognition, mixing his exploits with the author's journeys to each place in the modern day, and using the fascistic coup plots of the 30's that tried to rope him in as the narrative frame, closing with Reality Winner, January 6, and the Trumpist movement as examples of how much these times resemble those. Now I will go and read "War is a Racket," finally.