
Killing Hope U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
Blum, William http://www.connexions.org/CxLibrary/Docs/CX15023-WilliamBlum-KillingHope.pdf
Publisher: Common Courage Press, USA Year Published: 2008 Pages: 470pp Price: $32 ISBN: 9781567512526 Resource Type: Book
Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, to name a few), and for those who want to learn about lesser-known efforts (France, China, Bolivia, Brazil, for example), this book provides a window on what U.S. foreign policy goals really are. "If you flip over the rock of American foreign policy of the past century, this is what crawls out… invasions … bombings … overthrowing governments … occupations … suppressing movements for social change … assassinating political leaders … perverting elections … manipulating labor unions … manufacturing “news” … death squads … torture … biological warfare … depleted uranium … drug trafficking … mercenaries … It’s not a pretty picture. It’s enough to give imperialism a bad name."
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Table of Contents
Introduction Chapter 1: China - 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? Chapter 2: Italy - 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style Chapter 3: Greece - 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state Chapter 4: The Philippines - 1940s and 1950s: America’s oldest colony Chapter 5: Korea - 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be? Chapter 6: Albania - 1949-1953: The proper English spy Chapter 7: Eastern Europe - 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor Chapter 8: Germany - 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism Chapter 9: Iran - 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings Chapter 10: Guatemala - 1953-1954: While the world watched Chapter 11: Costa Rica - Mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally - Part 1 Chapter 12: Syria - 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government Chapter 13: Middle East - 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America Chapter 14: Indonesia - 1957-1958: War and pornography Chapter 15: Western Europe - 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts Chapter 16: British Guiana - 1953-1964: The CIA’s international labor mafia Chapter 17: Soviet Union - Late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing Chapter 18: Italy - 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal’s orphans and techno-fascism Chapter 19: Vietnam - 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus Chapter 20: Cambodia - 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism Chapter 21: Laos - 1957-1973: L’Armée Clandestine Chapter 22: Haiti - 1959-1963: The Marines land, again Chapter 23: Guatemala - 1960: One good coup deserves another Chapter 24: France/Algeria - 1960s: L’état, c’est la CIA Chapter 25: Ecuador - 1960-1963: A text book of dirty tricks Chapter 26: The Congo - 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba Chapter 27: Brazil - 1961-1964: Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads Chapter 28: Peru - 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle Chapter 29: Dominican Republic - 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy Chapter 30: Cuba - 1959 to 1980s: The unforgivable revolution Chapter 31: Indonesia - 1965: Liquidating President Sukarno ..: and 500,000 others; East Timor - 1975: And 200,000 more Chapter 32: Ghana - 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line Chapter 33: Uruguay - 1964-1970: Torture—as American as apple pie Chapter 34: Chile - 1964-1973: A hammer and sickle stamped on your child’s forehead Chapter 35: Greece - 1964-1974: “Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution,” said the President of the United States Chapter 36: Bolivia - 1964-1975: Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d’etat Chapter 37: Guatemala - 1962 to 1980s: A less publicized “final solution” Chapter 38: Costa Rica - 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally—Part 2 Chapter 39: Iraq - 1972-1975: Covert action should not be confused with missionary work Chapter 40: Australia - 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust Chapter 41: Angola - 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game Chapter 42: Zaire - 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven Chapter 43: Jamaica - 1976-1980: Kissinger’s ultimatum Chapter 44: Seychelles - 1979-1981: Yet another area of great strategic importance Chapter 45: Grenada - 1979-1984: Lying—one of the few growth industries in Washington Chapter 46: Morocco - 1983: A video nasty Chapter 47: Suriname - 1982-1984: Once again, the Cuban bogeyman Chapter 48: Libya - 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match Chapter 49: Nicaragua - 1981-1990: Destabilization in slow motion Chapter 50: Panama - 1969-1991: Double-crossing our drug supplier Chapter 51: Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: Teaching communists what democracy is all about Chapter 52: Iraq - 1990-1991: Desert Holocaust Chapter 53: Afghanistan - 1979-1992: America’s Jihad Chapter 54: El Salvador - 1980-1994: Human rights, Washington style Chapter 55: Haiti - 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest? Chapter 56: The American Empire - 1992 to present Notes Appendix I: This is How the Money Goes Round Appendix II: Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-1945 Appendix III: U.S. Government Assassination Plots Index
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