Description: 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. 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.
"A valuable reference for anyone interested in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy." — Choice
"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.
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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Disclaimer: I stopped saying "quote" and "unquote" after a few hours, because there are just far too many of them. Please see the original text if there is any confusion. Also, the first half of the book was recorded using the 2003 edition, and the latter half the updated edition, so there may be some discrepancies.
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Timestamps:
Introduction - 0:00
1. China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? - 56:29
2. Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style - 1:24:58
3. Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state - 1:54:30
4. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America’s oldest colony - 2:14:11
5. Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be? - 2:39:10
6. Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy - 3:22:01
7. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor - 3:30:38
8. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism - 3:47:23
9. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings - 4:00:24
10. Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched - 4:32:12
11. Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, part I - 5:14:20
12. Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government - 5:20:35
13. The Middle East 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America - 5:38:52
14. Indonesia 1957-1958: War and pornography - 6:20:18
15. Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts - 6:41:41
16. British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA’s international labor mafia - 7:01:02
17. Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing - 7:25:53
18. Italy 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal’s orphans and techno-fascism - 7:50:02
19. Vietnam 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus - 8:01:19
20. Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism - 8:46:47
21. Laos 1957-1973: L’Armée Clandestine - 9:11:57
22. Haiti 1959-1963: The Marines land, again - 9:34:15
23. Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another - 9:39:51
24. France/Algeria 1960s: L’état, c’est la CIA - 9:45:59
25. Ecuador 1960-1963: A textbook of dirty tricks - 10:03:49
26. The Congo 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba - 10:16:51
27. Brazil 1961-1964: Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads - 10:44:11
Chapters 28-56 continued in Parts 2 & 3
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"If you find 9/11 footage horrific and devastating, remember that the US has done that consistently overseas without stopping for decades and decades."
What is order, in the Kingdom of Satan? Is it peace and prosperity? Or is it slavery, cattle obediently marching single file into the slaughterhouse? Complacency, while your kings murder, r@pe, and steal? Why do you fight their wars, and line their pockets? What if we all did just a little trolling?
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