Stephen Kinzer, historian: ‘Any government that comes to power on the back of the United States will lack legitimacy’

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Historian Stephen Kinzer discusses the legitimacy crisis of governments that ascend to power with U.S. backing, emphasizing that such regimes often lack authenticity. His analysis draws from a century of U.S. foreign involvement.

U.S. journalist and historian Stephen Kinzer, 74, has devoted much of his work to analyzing a century of U.S.-backed government overthrows ...