Stephen Kinzer's Overthrow chronicles the US era of regime change that has continued for more than a century. In that time, Kinzer argues that the US has overthrown the governments of Hawaii, Nicaragua, Honduras, Cuba, The Philippines, Iran, Guatemala, South Vietnam, Chile, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Kinzer argues that the US abandoned these countries after overthrowing their governments. After US destabilization, life got worse for the majority of citizens and the US was less secure despite increasing profits for US corporations. In the light of events in Afghanistan in 2021, the history of the US government's overthrow of client states is vital to understand.