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Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War Two (Paperback)

by William Blum (Author)
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  • Paperback: 457 pages
  • Publisher: Common Courage Press,U.S. (May 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1567510523
  • ISBN-13: 978-1567510522
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 790,041 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A consideration of the effects of the actions of the US military and the CIA around the globe, on the political stability and peoples of the countries in which they took place.

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Stars and Stripes' red? For innocent BLOOD!, 21 Feb 1999
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I am an honors history major and studied US history and US foreign policy. I was aware of some mistakes by the US, such as giving Japanese occupiers of Korea power and then, Korean collaborators of the Japanese over regional people's committees; ignoring the gross corruption of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist regime during the 1945-1949 civil war; ignoring the blatantly unfair practices of the Shah of Iran prior to the 1979 revolution; meddling in Brazil's internal affairs in the mid-1960s. But after reading this book, all I can say is that I wish it had been part of my college material, for although I read many books, this would have enriched my education.

The United States remains a wonderful country full of opportunities for its citizens and for legal immigrants who obey the law and contribute to the nation's well being; its freedoms, natural beauties, and cultural advancement are not to be questioned. But as far as American integrity abroad... The United States IS NOT a force for democracy. It has continually labeled internal rebellions and legitimately elected officials "communists" whenever Washington disliked the ruler or disagreed with the country's independent and non-hostile foreign policy.

I regret to confess that I have lost respect for the government of the US, and that I must rank it with the hypocritical Japanese government in terms of honesty about its past--it has not only been communist dictatorships that lied and used propaganda to deceive its own people. American foreign policy has killed millions of innocent people, and it is their blood that colors the red square in the Stars and Stripes.

A must reading for all history lovers and for all who really want to know what this great country of ours is doing abroad.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing book about the perfidy of U.S. foreign policy, 10 Jun 1997
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Blum's work is written in an easy-to-understand style and will thoroughly shock anyone not familiar with United States escapades around the world since the end of World War II. Blum has done excellent research and discusses the incidents with a high degree of objectivity. Although he is highly critical of the United States during the Cold War, this is by no means a pro-Soviet book, for Blum condemns the actions of both superpowers in his work. Excellent reading--packed with information (the book has relatively small print so 400+ pages is a lot).
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23 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Redressing the balance, 18 Mar 2002
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This review is from: Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II (Hardcover)
This book is by no means a thorough investigation of world affairs nor an exercise in balanced reporting, the USA vs. 'Communism'.
It is however what it says it is, a detailed review of tactics used by the USA which have been forgotten or ommitted from general western history, which itself is slanted against other 'powers' or ideologies in order to create the idea that the allies are always 'the good guys' and can do no wrong.
This even in the face of copiuos evidence that the 'good guys' were in fact agent provocateurs and subversive, working with the aim of futhering Multi-national business and the commercial economy of the USA, Britain and its allies.
Good will, righteousness and press coverage can be shown as having served to engender this in our collective westernised society.
Hence any terrorism has to be based on Greed and Envy, instead of any nefarious actions on our behalf.
The wolrds view on Communism is both well documented and biassed. This book serves to redress the balance
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