{"id":21775,"count":1,"description":"We have a vast range of interviews on both South America and North America. On Latin America we have interviews dedicated to a number of countries, including <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/alan-angell-pinochet-chilean-politics\/\">Chile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/brazil-larry-rohter\/\">Brazil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/argentina-psychoanalysis-chris-moss\/\">Argentina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/oscar-hijuelos-on-cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/mexico-hugh-thomson\/\">Mexico<\/a>. We also have interviews looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/oscar-guardiola-rivera-on-the-rise-of-latin-america\/\">the rise of Latin America<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/john-king-on-latin-american-novels\/\">Latin American novels<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/james-dunkerley-on-latin-american-history\/\">Latin American history<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/patricio-navia-on-latin-american-politics\/\">Latin American politics<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThere are a range of interviews focused on political and cultural issues across the continent. William LeoGrande chooses his best books on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/william-leogrande-on-u-s-relations-with-latin-america\/\">US relations with Latin America<\/a>, Bernard Bailyn looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/bernard-bailyn-on-atlantic-history\/\">Atlantic history<\/a> and Johann Hari chooses his best books on the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/johann-hari-war-on-drugs\/\">war on drugs<\/a>. Ruth Gomberg-Munoz looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/ruth-gomberg-munoz-on-americas-undocumented-workers\/\">America\u2019s undocumented workers<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOur coverage of North America spans from individual cities to its role in the world. We have experts choosing their best books on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/quebec-milena-santoro\/\">Quebec<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/boston\/\">Boston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/ben-greenman-on-new-york-city\/\">New York City<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/dennis-mcdougal-la\/\">Los Angeles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/matthew-obrien-las-vegas\/\">Las Vegas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/san-francisco-armistead-maupin\/\">San Francisco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/texas-attica-locke\/\">Texas<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/jonathan-evison-on-the-american-west\/\">American West<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/hari-kunzru-american-desert\/\">American desert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/tom-piazza-on-new-orleans\/\">New Orleans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/best-books-hollywood-marina-hyde\/\">Hollywood<\/a>. There are interviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/contemporary-american-poetry\/\">American poetry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/ruth-reichl-on-american-food\/\">American food<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/robert-mccrum-on-us-and-uk-english\/\">American English<\/a>. There are books on the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/jay-kleinberg-on-the-history-of-american-women\/\">history of American women<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/harvey-klehr-on-communism-in-america\/\">Communism in America<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOn the international role of the United States, we have interviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/american-foreign-policy-gideon-rose\/\">US Foreign policy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/american-imperialism-ag-hopkins\/\">American imperialism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/lawrence-kaplan-on-us-intervention\/\">US interventionism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/hugh-gusterson-drone-warfare\/\">drone warfare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/stephen-glain-on-us-militarism\/\">US militarism<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/tim-weiner-on-the-us-intelligence-services\/\">US intelligence services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/egypt-america-lloyd-gardner\/\">Egypt and America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/understanding-the-war-in-afghanistan-andrew-exum\/\">understanding the war in Afghanistan<\/a> and many more. Among our interviews related to United States domestic politics are ones on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/mark-bloomfield-lobbying\/\">lobbying<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/jack-rakove-on-the-us-constitution\/\">the US constitution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/andrew-gelman-on-how-americans-vote\/\">how Americans vote<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/supreme-court-justices-dahlia-lithwick\/\"> Supreme Court of the United Sates (SCOTUS) justices<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/jamila-michener-policymaking-politics\/\">politics of policymaking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/joe-domanick-race-american-policing\/\">race and American policing<\/a> and many more.\r\n\r\nThere are equally varied interviews on the American economy, including interviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/michael-lind-american-economic-history\/\">American economic history<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/francis-fukuyama-on-the-financial-crisis\/\">the financial crisis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/best-books\/robert-barro-on-the-lessons-of-the-great-depression\/\">lessons of the Great Depression<\/a>, to name a few.","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/world\/americas\/","name":"Americas","slug":"americas","taxonomy":"category","parent":23,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/21775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/23"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=21775"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=21775"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=21775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}