William Blum

Rogue State

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

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Produktbeschreibung

Updated classic from the irreverent author of Killing Hope and Freeing the World to Death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Common Courage Press
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 129mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781567513745
• ISBN-10: 1567513743
• Artikelnr.: 22436951

Autorenporträt

William Blum's latest book is Freeing the World To Death: Essays on the American Empire. He lives in Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the 2014 edition
Author's Note: Concerning September 11, 2001
Introduction
Ours and theirs: Washington's love/hate relationship with terrorists and
human-rights violators
1. Why do terrorists keep picking on the United States?
2. America's gift to the world - the Afghan terrorist alumni
3. Assassinations
4. Excerpts from US Army and CIA training manuals
5. Torture
6. The unsavories
7. Training new unsavories
8. War criminals: theirs and ours
9. Haven for terrorists
10. Supporting Pol Pot
United States use of weapons of mass destruction
11. Bombings
12. Depleted uranium
13. Cluster bombs
14. Chemical and biological weapons abroad
15. Chemical and biological weapons at home
16. Encouraging the use of CBW by other nations
A rogue state versus the world
17. A concise history of US global interventions
18. Perverting elections
19. Trojan horse: the national endowment for democracy
20. The US versus the world at the United Nations
21. Eavesdropping on the planet
22. Kidnapping and looting
23. How the CIA sent Nelson Mandela to prison for 28 years
24. The CIA and drugs: just say 'Why not?'
25. Being the world's only superpower means never having to say you're
sorry
26. The US invades, bombs and kills for it... but do Americans really
believe in free enterprise?
27. A day in the life of a free country