| Physical description |
308 pages ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ours and Theirs: Washington's Love/Hate Relationship with Terrorists and Human-Rights Violators -- 1. Why Do Terrorists Keep Picking on the United States? 29 -- 2. America's Gift to the World--the Afghan Terrorist Alumni 33 -- 3. Assassinations 38 -- 4. Excerpts from US Army and CIA Training Manuals 43 -- 5. Torture 49 -- 6. Unsavories 58 -- 7. Training New Unsavories 61 -- 8. War Criminals: Theirs and Ours 68 -- 9. Haven for Terrorists 79 -- 10. Supporting Pol Pot 87 -- United States Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction -- 11. Bombings 92 -- 12. Depleted Uranium 96 -- 13. Cluster Bombs 100 -- 14. Chemical and Biological Weapons Abroad 103 -- 15. Chemical and Biological Weapons at Home 113 -- 16. Encouraging the Use of CBW by Other Nations 120 -- A Rogue State versus the World -- 17. A Concise History of US Global Interventions, 1945-Present 125 -- 18. Perverting Elections 168 -- 19. Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy 179 -- 20. US versus the World at the United Nations 184 -- 21. Eavesdropping on the Planet 200 -- 22. Kidnapping and Looting 210 -- 23. How the CIA Sent Nelson Mandela to Prison for 28 Years 215 -- 24. CIA and Drugs: Just Say "Why Not?" 218 -- 25. Being the World's Only Superpower Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry 227 -- 26. US Invades, Bombs and Kills for It...but Do Americans Really Believe in Free Enterprise? 236 -- 27. A Day in the Life of a Free Country...or...How Does the United States Get Away with It? 243. |
| Summary |
Blum reveals how the United States sentences death on people and governments blaspheming the "holy objectives of American foreign policy". |
| Subject |
Intervention (International law)
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Human rights -- Foreign countries.
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Human rights -- Government policy -- United States.
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Human rights.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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United States -- Military policy.
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| ISBN |
1567511953 |
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1567511945 (paperback) |
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