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William Blum

Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II Paperback – 31 July 2003

by William Blum (Author)

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Is the United States a force for democracy? From China in the 1940s to Guatemala today, William Blum presents a comprehensive study of American covert and overt interference, by one means or another, 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 - and each case throws light on particular US tactics of intervention.

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Paperback: 472 pages
Publisher: Zed Books; 1 edition (31 July 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1842773690
ISBN-13: 978-1842773697
Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 2.6 x 22.6 cm
Customer reviews: 15 customer ratings
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,235,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2253 in US Politics
- #911 in Geopolitics
- #4817 in Military History of Strategy, Tactics & Military Science

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'Far and away the best book on the topic.' - Noam Chomsky 'A valuable reference for anyone interested in the conduct of US foreign policy.' - Choice 'I enjoyed it immensely.' - Gore Vidal 'The single most useful summary of CIA history.' - John Stockwell, former CIA officer and author ' Each chapter I read makes me more and more angry.' - Helen Caldicott 'A very useful piece of work, daunting in scope, important.' - Thomas Powers, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist 'A very valuable book. The research and organization are extremely impressive.' - A.J. Langguth, author and former 'New York Times' bureau chief

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Per Lorentzen

Never ending story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2014

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The book is well written and I see no flaws in places / names / numbers. A very convincing history lesson that focuses on the motivs. It is an eye opener with regards to the integrity of the "free press" of the western world.

Recommend the book for everyone interested i politics.

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Pieter Vandenbroucke

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2015

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Great book!

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nadezhda

Book you need to read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2014

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Very good and interesting book. I have bought it for my husband and he have read it during one week! I would recomend it to everyone who is interesting in politics.

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Mr. Duncan Macfarlane

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2004

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I already have this book and was quite worried when I read a review on this site claiming that Blum had claimed Tibetans welcomed the Chinese occupation. Luckily, while the chapter in question has some faults, it claims no such thing.
I checked the chapter on China and in fact only 2 pages - 25 and 26 refer to Tibet at all. No-where in them is any reference to Tibetans welcoming the invasion or occupation. It does say that and that Tibetan guerillas opposed 'Peking rule and/or the profoundsocial changes being instituted by the revolution (serfdom and slavery were, literally, still prevalent in Tibet'). This may give the wrong impression - since it could be interpreted to mean the Chinese occupation led to a fairer or freer society while the reverse is undoubtedly the case. While Chinese human rights abuses and killings should have been mentioned for balance I feel the book is not as unbalanced as the previous reviewer suggests.
As for charges that the book is unbalanced or favours Chinese Communism here is an excerpt (from pages 26-27 - so people can check it for themselves)
'The Chinese devoted a great deal of effort to publicising their claim that the United States ....had dropped large quantities of bacteria and bacteria-laden insects over China. It presented the testimony of about 38 captured American airmen...It should be noted that some of the American's statements were so full of communist rhetoric...that their personal authorship of them must be seriously questioned. Moreover it was later learned that most of the airmen had only confessed after being subjected to physical abuse'
This seems fairly balanced to me (with the exception that in this context the euphemism 'physical abuse' should not be used in place of 'torture').
Overall I found the information in this book to be well sourced - with any problems being ommissions (e.g on Chinese human rights abuses) - but then the focus is on CIA and US military interventions - it does not pretend to analyse those of other governments and militaries.

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Kiki Calegari

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2016

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nice and precise seller

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Jane Kirk

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 July 2014

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fine

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J. R. Carroll

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 August 2009

A thoroughly good read and recommended for anyone studying history, politics, sociology etc. It certainly gives food for thought and prompts you ask some very searching questions, one being, hasn't the US learned anything from intervening in other countries affairs. Especially where they are not welcome by the majority of the population. The book is laid out in easy to read sections covering each country. If you are writing anything to do with a country then this is a good starting point to see how 'freely' it has developed.

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Frank Fetters

he couldn't recommend it. One of the reasons I got angry ...

Reviewed in the United States on 7 September 2014

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This is not just a "conspiracy theory" book. It is a factual, documented account of US involvement in other countries since World War II written by William Blum, a knowledgeable former State Department employee. I was told that reading this book would make me angry, and the person who told me that said that, for that reason, he couldn't recommend it. One of the reasons I got angry is, I remember serving in the Marine Corps from 1961 to 1963, and the information provided here concerning events that I vividly remember sheds new light on what we---as an a nation---were doing during that time. So, while I won't recommend this book, I will say that you will learn things that will finally make sense about our involvement overseas, and at the same time, make no sense at all.

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Jesse Taylor

Excellent, comprehensive resource

Reviewed in the United States on 7 April 2009

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Highly recommended. Covers all the old favorites -- torture and death squads in Guatamala, Iranian coups, overthrowing Allende, crushing the Sandinistas, etc. But it also contains dozens of beautiful stories of CIA/U.S. military mass murder and torture that I'd never even heard of before. I've gathered a lot of wonderful cocktail party conversation starters from this one. Great for Christian reading groups and bedtime stories for your children. Of course the kids will probably get bored since they learn about all of this in their U.S. history classes, right?

Anyhow -- this is the best book on the subject of U.S. foreign policy. Well-sourced, well-written, and comprehensive. Get a copy, and share it with your friends.

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Reviewed in the United States on 23 December 2019

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Good deal, came in good condition.a must have in every home.

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George Apostolopoulos

Killing hope

Reviewed in the United States on 29 July 2012

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If one was given the choice to pick a book out of a heap of books that would best describe the United States wars of aggression and covert operations and assassinations, since WWII, that would unquestionably be William Bloom's book "Killing Hope"

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karim29007

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Reviewed in the United States on 22 January 2015

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The said item was arrived as described and on time.

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papababoo

well written

Reviewed in the United States on 28 June 2016

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liked it

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Milton Weir

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Reviewed in the United States on 30 March 2015

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Absolutely perfect !!

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Susan B. Ramsay

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Reviewed in the United States on 29 June 2015

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A reference book to argue against murkans

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