An important book by William Blum – 2005-04-17 11:39:06
IF YOU FLIP OVER the rock of American foreign policy of the past century, this is what crawls out:
invasions … bombings … overthrowing governments … 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 is enough to give imperialism a bad name.
Killing Hope:
US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II.
by William Blum
• “Far and away the best book on the topic.” Noam Chomsky
• “I enjoyed it immensely.” Gore Vidal
• “I bought several more copies to circulate to friends with the hope of shedding new light and understanding on their political outlooks.” Oliver Stone
• “A very valuable book. The research and organization are extremely impressive.” A. J. Langguth, author, former New York Times Bureau Chief
• “A very useful piece of work, daunting in scope, important.” Thomas Powers, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• “Each chapter I read made me more and more angry.” Dr. Helen Caldicott, international leader of the anti-nuclear and environmental movements
Table of Contents
Introduction
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 1-2.
12. Syria – 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government.
13. 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 labor 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’Armée Clandestine.
22. Haiti – 1959-1963: The Marines land, again.
23. Guatemala – 1960: One good coup deserves another.
24. France/Algeria – 1960s::L’état, c’est la CIA.
25. Ecuador – 1960-1963A text book of dirty tricks
26. The Congo – 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
27. Brazil – 1961-1964: Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads.
28. Peru – 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle 2.
29. Dominican Republic – 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy.
30. Cuba – 1959 to 1980s: The unforgivable revolution.
31. Indonesia – 1965: Liquidating President Sukarno … and 500,000 others.
32. East Timor – 1975: And 200,000 more.
33. Ghana – 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line.
34. Uruguay – 1964-1970: Torture — as American as apple pie.
35. Chile – 1964-1973: A hammer and sickle stamped on your child’s forehead.
36. Greece – 1964-1974: “Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution,” said the President of the United States.
37. Bolivia – 1964-1975: Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d’etat
38. Guatemala – 1962 to 1980s: A less publicized “final solution”.
39. Costa Rica – 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally — Part 2 .
40. Iraq – 1972-1975: Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.
41. Australia – 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust
42. Angola – 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game.
43. Zaire – 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven.
44. Jamaica – 1976-1980: Kissinger’s ultimatum.
45. Seychelles – 1979-1981: Yet another area of great strategic importance.
46. Grenada – 1979-1984: Lying — one of the few growth industries in Washington.
47. Morocco – 1983: A video nasty.
48. Suriname – 1982-1984: Once again, the Cuban bogeyman .
49. Libya – 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match.
50. Nicaragua – 1981-1990: Destabilization in slow motion.
51. Panama – 1969-1991: Double-crossing our drug supplier
52. Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: Teaching communists what democracy is all about
53. Iraq – 1990-1991: Desert holocaust
54. Afghanistan – 1979-1992: America’s Jihad
55. El Salvador – 1980-1994: Human rights, Washington style
56. Haiti – 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?
57. 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
Killing Hope {$24.95 retail) is published by Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine 470 pages, fully documented and indexed ISBN 1-56751-252-6. First published in 1995, with many changes made to it since and a new chapter on “The American Empire” added in 2003
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