Rogue State

by Blum, William

• ISBN13: 9781567511956
• ISBN10: 1567511953
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Common Courage Pr

Summary

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

Author Biography

William Blum is an investigative journalist in Washington, DC

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(29)
Ours and Theirs: Washington's Love/Hate Relationship with Terrorists and Human-Rights Violators
Why Do Terrorists Keep Picking on the United States?	29	(4)
America's Gift to the World---the Afghan Terrorist Alumni	33	(5)
Assassinations	38	(5)
Excerpts from US Army and CIA Training Manuals	43	(6)
Torture	49	(9)
The Unsavories	58	(3)
Training New Unsavories	61	(7)
War Criminals: Theirs and Ours	68	(11)
Haven for Terrorists	79	(8)
Supporting Pol Pot	87	(5)
United States Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Bombings	92	(4)
Depleted Uranium	96	(4)
Cluster Bombs	100	(3)
Chemical and Biological Weapons Abroad	103	(10)
Chemical and Biological Weapons at Home	113	(7)
Encouraging the Use of CBW by Other Nations	120	(5)
A Rogue State versus the World
A Concise History of US Global Interventions, 1945--Present	125	(43)
Perverting Elections	168	(11)
Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy	179	(5)
The US versus the World at the United Nations	184	(16)
Eavesdropping on the Planet	200	(10)
Kidnapping and Looting	210	(5)
How the CIA Sent Nelson Mandela to Prison for 28 Years	215	(3)
The CIA and Drugs: Just Say ``Why Not?''	218	(9)
Being the World's Only Superpower Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry	227	(9)
The US Invades, Bombs and Kills for It...but Do Americans Really Believe in Free Enterprise?	236	(7)
A Day in the Life of a Free Country...or...How Does the United States Get Away with It?	243	(31)
Notes	274	(31)
Index	305	(6)
About the Author	311