This edition originally published: London: Zed Books, 2014. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
China 1945 to 1960s: was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? ; Italy 1947-1948: free elections, Hollywood style ; Greece 1947 to early 1950s: from cradle of democracy to client state ; The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony ; Korea 1945-1953: was it all that it appeared to be? ; Albania 1949-1953: the proper English spy ; Eastern Europe 1948-1956: operation splinter factor ; Germany 1950s: everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism ; Iran 1953: making it safe for the king of kings ; Guatemala 1953-1954: while the world watched ; Costa Rica mid-1950s: trying to topple an ally, part I ; Syria 1956-1957: purchasing a new government ; The Middle East 1957-1958: the Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America ; Indonesia 1957-1958: war and pornography ; Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: fronts within fronts within fronts ; British Guiana 1953-1964: the CIA's international labor mafia ; Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: from spy planes to book publishing ; Italy 1950s to 1970s: supporting the cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism ; Vietnam 1950-1973: the hearts and minds circus ; Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism ; Laos 1957-1973: L'Armee Clandestine ; Haiti 1959-1963: The Marines land, again ; Guatemala 1960: one good coup deserves another ; France/Algeria 1960s: L'etat, c'est la CIA ; Ecuador 1960-1963: a textbook of dirty tricks ; The Congo 1960-1964: the assassination of Patrice Lumumba ; Brazil 1961-1964: introducing the marvelous new world of death squads ; Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle ; Dominican Republic 1960-1966: saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy ; Cuba 1959 to 1980s: the unforgivable revolution. Indonesia 1965: liquidating President Sukarno... and 500,00 others East Timor 1975: and 200,000 more ; Ghana 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line ; Uruguay 1964-1970: torture- as American as apple pie ; Chile 1964-1973: a hammer and sickle stamped on your child's forehead ; Greece 1964-1974: "fuck your Parliament and your Constitution," said the President of the United States ; Bolivia 1964-1975: tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d'etat ; Guatemala 1962 to 1980s: a less publicized "final solution" ; Costa Rica 1970-1971: trying to topple an ally, part II ; Iraq 1972-1975: covert action should not be confused with missionary work ; Australia 1973-1975: another free election bites the dust ; Angola 1975 to 1980s: the great powers poker game ; Zaire 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven ; Jamaica 1976-1980: Kissinger's ultimatum ; Seychelles 1979-1981: yet another area of great strategic importance ; Grenada 1979-1984: lying- one of the few growth industries in Washington ; Morocco 1983: a video nasty ; Suriname 1982-1984: once again, the Cuban bogeyman ; Libya 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match ; Nicaragua 1978-1990: destabilization in slow motion ; Panama 1969-1991: double-crossing our drug supplier ; Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: teaching communists what democracy is all about ; Iraq 1990-1991: desert holocaust ; Afghanistan 1972-1992: America's Jihad ; El Salvador 1980-1994: human rights, Washington style ; Haiti 1986-1994: who will rid me of this turbulent priest? ; The American empire: post-cold war ; Notes ; Appendix I: this is how the money goes round ; Appendix II: instances of use of United States Armed Forces abroad, 1798-1945 ; Appendix III: U.S. government assassination plots.
Summary:
Is the United States a force for democracy? From 1940s China to Guatemala today, Blum presents a study of American covert and overt interference in the internal affairs of other countries. Each chapter of the book covers a year in which the author takes one particular country case and tells the story.
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