Looking for books about some of the unsavory things the government has done

Mostly I'm thinking of the US/UK/Canada, and cold-war/war-on-terror/injustice towards indigenous populations sort of stuff, but that's certainly not all I'm open to. Other governments and contexts are definitely still things I'd like to read about. I'm looking for something well-researched, written by someone who is NOT right wing, maga, or q-anon affiliated, and explains an [...]