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History Books which vitally concern Belize!
When I arrived in Belize, I had been nominally active in
politix, but I was relatively naive about American politics which affects
Central America. As I discussed Belizean history on the Internet and in
person, I discovered that the United States has been tinkering with Central
American politics off and on since Teddy Roosevelt fueled the Panamanian
Revolution in order to create a friendly place for his Canal. This
is common knowledge among most politically aware Belizeans, and you need to
catch up!
Here are books which discuss this "tinkering"
Under Fire: An American Story
by Oliver North (with William Novak) Ollie was a
hero in the US. Not so in Central America!
This
is an interesting history of the CIA under William Casey (& Ronald
Reagan.) Interesting to me because it reminds me just how much stock those
people put on looking good, dressing right, sounding good. (Just like IBM
and Digital Equipment Corp) William Case waged his own wars in central
America, and most Belizeans know of the results, if not the details.
I mentioned this book
on another book page. It is very scholarly, written by a (now) professor
who spent much of her childhood in Belize. She analyzes the political
situations nicely and gave me an edge over some other BZ observers.
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by Bob Woodward.
by Ann Sutherland.