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Killing hope : U.S. military and CIA interventions since World War II / William Blum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blum, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- United States.
- Military relations.
- Foreign countries.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--1993-2001.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
- United States--Military relations--Foreign countries.
- Intervention (International law).
- Physical Description:
- 469 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition, updated.
- Other Title:
- U.S. military and CIA interventions since World War II
- Place of Publication:
- Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Is the United States a force for democracy?
- In this classic and unique volume that answers this question, William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years.
- Remarks from the previous edition:
- "Far and away the best book on the topic." -- Noam Chomsky
- "A valuable reference for anyone interested in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy." -- "Choice"
- "I enjoyed it immensely." -- Gore Vidal
- "The single most useful summary of CIA history." -- John Stockwell
- "Each chapter I read makes me more and more angry." -- Helen Caldicott
- "A very useful piece of work, daunting in scope, important." -- Thomas Powers, author and Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist
- "A very valuable book. The research and organization are extremely impressive." -- A.J. Langguth, author and former "New York Times" bureau chief
- For those who want the details on our most famous -actions (Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, to name a few), and for those who want to learn about our lesser-known efforts (France, China, Bolivia, Brazil, for example), this book provides a window on what our foreign policy goals really are.
- William Blum is the author of "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower."
- Notes:
- "Updated from the 1995 edition, which was in turn a revised and expanded version of 'The CIA, a forgotten history,' published in 1986 by Zed Books, London"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-450) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1567512526
- 1567512534
- OCLC:
- 53832319
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