Zusatztext A very useful piece of work, daunting in scope, important. Informationen zum Autor William Blum is one of the United States' leading non-mainstream experts on American foreign policy. He left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer because of his opposition to what the US was doing in Vietnam. He then became a founder and editor of the Washington Free Press, the first 'alternative' newspaper in the capital. Blum has been a freelance journalist in the US, Europe and South America. He is the author of Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II, Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire and West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir Klappentext In Killing Hope , William Blum, author of the bestselling Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, provides a devastating and comprehensive account of America's covert and overt military actions in the world, all the way from China in the 1940s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and - in this updated edition - beyond. Is the United States, as it likes to claim, a global force for democracy? Killing Hope shows the answer to this question to be a resounding 'no'. Vorwort A devastating alternative history of America's covert and overt military interventions since the 1940s, updated for this new edition. Zusammenfassung In Killing Hope , William Blum, author of the bestselling Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, provides a devastating and comprehensive account of America's covert and overt military actions in the world, all the way from China in the 1940s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and - in this updated edition - beyond. Is the United States, as it likes to claim, a global force for democracy? Killing Hope shows the answer to this question to be a resounding 'no'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author's note Introduction to the new edition Introduction to the original edition 1. China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-Tung just paranoid? 2. Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style 3. Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state 4. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony 5. Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be? 6. Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy 7. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor 8. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism 9. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings 10. Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched 11. Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, Part one 12. Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government 13. The Middle East 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America 14. Indonesia 1957-1958:War and pornography 15. Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts 16. British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA's international labour Mafia 17. Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing 18. Italy 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism 19. Vietnam 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus 20. Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism 21. Laos 1957-1973: L'Armee Clandestine 22. Haiti 1959-1963: The marines land, again 23. Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another 24. France/Algeria 1960s: L'etat, c'est la CIA 25. Ecuador 1960-1963: A textbook of dirty tricks 26. The Congo 1960-1964: The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba 27. Brazil 1961-1964: Introducing the marvellous new world of death squads 28. Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle 29. Dominican Republic 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democra...

A very useful piece of work, daunting in scope, important.

Vorwort
A devastating alternative history of America's covert and overt military interventions since the 1940s, updated for this new edition.

Autorentext

William Blum is one of the United States' leading non-mainstream experts on American foreign policy. He left the State Department in 1967, abandoning his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer because of his opposition to what the US was doing in Vietnam. He then became a founder and editor of the Washington Free Press, the first 'alternative' newspaper in the capital. Blum has been a freelance journalist in the US, Europe and South America.
He is the author of Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II, Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower,
Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire and West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir

Klappentext

In Killing Hope, William Blum, author of the bestselling Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, provides a devastating and comprehensive account of America's covert and overt military actions in the world, all the way from China in the 1940s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and - in this updated edition - beyond. Is the United States, as it likes to claim, a global force for democracy? Killing Hope shows the answer to this question to be a resounding 'no'.

Inhalt

Author's note Introduction to the new edition
Introduction to the original edition

1. China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-Tung just paranoid?
2. Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style
   
   3. Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state
3. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony
4. Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be?
5. Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy
6. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor
   
   8. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism
   9. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings
7. Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched
8. Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, Part one
9. Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government
   
   13. The Middle East 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America
10. Indonesia 1957-1958:War and pornography
11. Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts
    
    16. British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA's international labour Mafia
    17. Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing 18. Italy 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism
12. Vietnam 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus
    
    20. Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism
    21. Laos 1957-1973: L'Armee Clandestine
    22. Haiti 1959-1963: The marines land, again
    23. Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another
13. France/Algeria 1960s: L'etat, c'est la CIA
14. Ecuador 1960-1963: A textbook of dirty tricks
15. The Congo 1960-1964: The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
16. Brazil 1961-1964: Introducing the marvellous new world of death squads
17. Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle
18. Dominican Republic 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy
19. Cuba 1959-1980s: The unforgivable revolution
20. Indonesia 1965: Liquidating President Sukarno.and 500,000 others. East Timor 1975: and 200,000 more
21. Ghana 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line
22. Uruguay 1964-1970: Torture - as American as apple pie
23. Chile 1964-1973: A hammer and sickle stamped on your child's forehead 35. Greece 1964-1974: 'Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution,' said the President of the United States
24. Bolivia 1964-1975: Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d'etat
25. Guatemala 1962 to 1980s: A less publicised 'final solution'
26. Costa Rica 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally, Part two
27. Iraq 1972-1975: Covert action should not be confused with missionary work
28. Australia 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust
29. Angola 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game …