Rogue State A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

Name: Rogue State A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
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ISBN: 9781567513745

ISBN-10: 1567513743

ISBN-13: 9781567513745

Edition: 3rd 2005

Authors: William Blum

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"Bravo! A vivid, well-aimed critique of the evils of US global interventionism, a superb antidote to officialdom's lies and propaganda."-Michael Parenti "Rogue State forcibly reminds us of Vice President Agnew's immortal line, 'The United States, for all its faults, is still the greatest nation in the country.'"-Gore Vidal "Bill Blum came by his book title easily: He simply tested America by the same standards we use to judge other countries. The result is a bill of wrongs-an especially well-documented encyclopedia of malfeasance, mendacity and mayhem that has been hypocritically carried out in the name of democracy by those whose only true love was power."-Sam Smith William Blum's…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Common Courage Press
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.990



Introduction


Ours and Theirs: Washington's love/hate relationship with terrorists and human-rights violators



Why do terrorists keep picking on the United States?



America's gift to the world-the Afghan terrorist alumni



Assassinations



Excerpts from US Army and CIA training manuals



Torture



The Unsavories



Training new unsavories



War criminals: Theirs and Ours



Haven for terrorists



Supporting Pol Pot


United States Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction



Bombings



Depleted Uranium



Cluster bombs



Chemical and Biological Weapons abroad



Chemical and Biological Weapons at home



Encouraging the use of CBW by other nations


A Rogue State versus the world



A Concise History of US Global Interventions, 1945-present



Perverting elections



Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy



The US versus the world at the United Nations



Eavesdropping on the planet



Kidnapping and looting



How the CIA sent Nelson Mandela to prison for 28 years



The CIA and Drugs: Just say Why not?



Being the World's Only Superpower means never having to say you're sorry



The US invades, bombs and kills for it...but do Americans really believe in free enterprise?



A Day in the life of a free country...or...How does the United States get away with it?


Notes


Index


About the author