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Killing hope, U.S. military and CIA interventions since World War II, William Blum

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William Blum

U.S. military and CIA interventions since World War II

Is the United States a force for democracy? In this classic volume, William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. 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.--From publisher description

China 1945 to 1960s : was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? -- Italy 1947-1948 : free elections, Hollywood style -- Greece 1947 to early 1950s : from cradle of democracy to client state -- The Philippines 1940s and 1950s : America's oldest colony -- Korea 1945-1953 : was it all that it appeared to be? -- Albania 1949-1953 : the proper English spy -- Eastern Europe 1948-1956 : Operation Splinter Factor -- Germany 1950s : everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism -- Iran 1953 : making it safe for the King of Kings -- Guatemala 1953-1954 : while the world watched -- Costa Rica mid-1950s : trying to topple an ally, part I -- Syria 1956-1957 : purchasing a new government -- The Middle East 1957-1958 : the Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America --Indonesia 1957-1958 : war and pornography -- Western Europe 1950s and 1960s : fronts within fronts within fronts -- British Guiana 1953-1964 : the CIA's international labor mafia -- Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s : from spy planes to book publishing 14 -- Italy 1950s to 1970s : supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism -- Vietnam 1950-1973 : the Hearts and Minds circus -- Cambodia 1955-1973 : Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism -- Laos 1957-1973 : L'Armee Clandestine -- Haiti 1959-1963 : the Marines land, again -- Guatemala 1960 : one good coup deserves another -- France/Algeria 1960s : l'etat, c'est la CIA -- Ecuador 1960-1963 : a textbook of dirty tricks -- The Congo 1960-1964 : the assassination of Patrice Lumumba -- Brazil 1961-1964 : introducing the marvelous new world of death squads -- Peru 1960-1965 : Fort Bragg moves to the jungle --Dominican Republic 1960-1966 : saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy -- Cuba 1959 to 1980s : the unforgivable revolution -- Indonesia 1965 : liquidating President Sukarno--and 500,000 others -- East Timor 1975 : and 200,000 more -- Ghana 1966 : Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line -- Uruguay 1964-1970 : torture--as American as apple pie -- Chile 1964-1973 : a hammer and sickle stamped on your child's forehead -- Greece 1964-1974 : "Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution," said the President of the United States -- Bolivia 1964-1975 : tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d'etat -- Guatemala 1962 to 1980s : a less publicized "final solution" -- Costa Rica 1970-1971 : trying to topple an ally, part II -- Iraq 1972-1975 : covert action should not be confused with missionary work -- Australia 1973-1975 : another free election bites the dust -- Angola 1975 to 1980s : the Great Powers Poker Game -- Zaire 1975-1978 : Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven -- Jamaica 1976-1980 : Kissinger's ultimatum -- Seychelles 1979-1981 : yet another area of great strategic importance --Grenada 1979-1984 : lying--one of the few growth industries in Washington -- Morocco 1983 : a video nasty -- Suriname 1982-1984 : once again, the Cuban bogeyman -- Libya 1981-1989 : Ronald Reagan meets his match -- Nicaragua 1978-1990 : destabilization in slow motion -- Panama 1969-1991 : double-crossing our drug supplier -- Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991 : teaching Communists what democracy is all about -- Iraq 1990-1991 : desert holocaust -- Afghanistan 1979-1992 : America's Jihad -- El Salvador 1980-1994 : human rights, Washington style -- Haiti 1986-1994 : who will rid me of this turbulent priest? -- The American Empire : 1992 to present -- Appendices: This is how the money goes round ; Instances of use of United States Armed Forces abroad, 1798-1945 ; U.S. Government assassination plots

U.S. military and CIA interventions since World War II