Books like Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II - Updated Edition

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. Is the United States, as it likes to claim, a global force for democracy? Killing Hope - now in an updated edition - shows the answer to this question to be a resounding 'no'.The updated 2014 edition contains:1. China 1945-1960: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid?2. Italy 1947.1948: Free elections, Hollywood style3. Greece: 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state4. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony5. Korea 1945-1953: The proper English spy6. Albania 1949.1953: Was it all that it appeared to be?7. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor8. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism9. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings10. Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched11. Costa Rica mid 1950s: Trying to topple an ally, part I12. Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government13. The Middle East 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America14. Indonesia 1957-1958: War and p****graphy15. Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts16. British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA's international labor mafia17. Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing18. Italy 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno fascism19. Vietnam 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus20. Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high wire of neutralism21. Laos 1957.1973: L'Armee Clandestine22. Haiti 1959-1963: The Marines land, again23. Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another24. France / Algeria 1960s: L'etat, c'est la CIA25. Ecuador 1960-1964: A textbook of dirty tricks26. The Congo 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba27. Brazil 1961-1964: Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads28. Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle29. Dominican republic: 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy30. Cuba 1959 to 1980s: The unforgivable revolution31. Indonesia 1965: Liquidating President Sukarno...and 500.000 others East Timor 1975: And 200.000 more32. Ghana 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line33. Uruguay 1964-1970: Torture - as American as apple pie34. Chile 1964-1973: A hammer and sickle stamped on your child's forehead35. Greece 1964-1973: Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution, said the President of the United States36. Bolivia 1964-1975: Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d'état37. Guatemala 1962-1980s: A less publicized "final solution"38. Costa Rica 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally, part II39. Iraq 1972-1975: Covert action should not be confused with missionary work40. Australia 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust41. Angola 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game42. Zaire 1975-1978: Mobuto and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven43. Jamaica 1976-1980s: Kissinger's ultimatum44. Seychelles 1979-1981: Yet another area of great strategic importance45. Grenada 1979-1984: Lying - one of the few growth industries in Washington46. Morocco 1983: A video nasty47. Suriname 1982-1984: Once again the Cuban bogeyman48. Libya 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match49. Nicaragua 1978-1990: Destabilization in slow motion50. Panama 1969.1991: Double crossing our drug supplier51. Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: Teaching Communists what democracy is all about52. Iraq 1990-1991: Desert Holocaust53. Afghanistan 1979-1992: America's Jihad54. El Salvador 1980-1994: Human Rights, Washington Style55. Haiti 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?56. The American Empire: Post Cold WarNotesAppendix IAppendix II: Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-1945Appendix III: U.S. Government Assassination Plots