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**Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower** is a book
published in 2000 (second edition published in 2005) by [William
Blum](William_Blum "wikilink") examining [US
imperialism](Timeline_of_US_Imperialism "wikilink") during and following
the [Cold War](Cold_War "wikilink"), discussing terrorism,
assassinations, coups, election interference, torture, chemical weapons,
drug trafficking and UN declarations.

## Summary

### Ours and Theirs: Washington's Love/Hate Relationship with Terrorists and Human-Rights Violators

#### 1\. Why Do Terrorists Keep Picking on the United States?

#### 2\. America's Gift to the World — the Afghan Terrorist Alumni

#### 3\. Assassinations

#### 4\. Excerpts from US Army and CIA Training Manuals

#### 5\. Torture

#### 6\. The Unsavories

#### 7\. Training New Unsavories

#### 8\. War Criminals: Theirs and Ours

#### 9\. Haven for Terrorists

#### 10\. Supporting Pol Pot

### United States Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction

#### 11\. Bombings

#### 12\. Depleted Uranium

#### 13\. Cluster Bombs

#### 14\. United States Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons Abroad

#### 15\. United States Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons at Home

#### 16\. Encouragement of the Use of CBW by Other Nations

### A Rogue State versus the World

#### 17\. A Concise History of United States Global Interventions, 1945 to the Present

The most comprehensive list of US interventions (ie direct support for
regime change, dictatorships or a direct invasion) ever compiled as of
2005:

  - [China](China "wikilink"), 1945 - 1951: US supports [Chiang
    Kai-Shek's](Chiang_Kai-Shek "wikilink") Nationalists in the [Chinese
    Civil War](Chinese_Civil_War "wikilink") and continues to aid them
    in exile from northern Myanmar, where the CIA uses Air America to
    fund and supply the army in exile and their attacks into China.
  - [France](France "wikilink"), 1947: US supports the Corsican Mafia
    and allows them to set up heroin labs and trade routes (which would
    go on to have disastrous consequences) in exchange for their help in
    cracking down on communist-linked trade unions in Marseilles through
    murder, arson and blackmail. In exchange for [Marshall
    Plan](Marshall_Plan "wikilink") aid, the French government was
    forced to dismiss communist members of government.
  - [Marshall Islands](Marshall_Islands "wikilink"), 1946 - 1958: US
    conducts dozens of nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands,
    heavily irradiating several islands and forcing thousands of people
    to leave their homes and culture.
  - [Italy](Italy "wikilink"), 1947 - 1972: US interferes in Italian
    government by exchanging Marshall Plan aid for the dismissal of
    communist ministers (and threatening to withhold food aid) ensuring
    that the next 6 Italian elections were won by pro-american
    candidates.
  - [Greece](Greece "wikilink"), 1947 - 1949: US interferes in the
    [Greek Civil War](Greek_Civil_War "wikilink") and assists the
    neo-fascists against the communist partisan fights who were heroes
    for fighting the Nazis in [World War II](World_War_II "wikilink").
    The neo-fascists won and the CIA helped them create their secret
    police.
  - [Philippines](Philippines "wikilink"), 1945 - 1953: US begins
    fighting off leftist Huk forces during World War II (despite the Huk
    aiding in expelling the Japanese Empire) and rigged several
    elections, ensuring pro-american candidates would win, and
    eventually sponsoring the dictatorship of [Ferdinand
    Marcos](Ferdinand_Marcos "wikilink").
  - Korea, 1945 - 1953: US destroys popular leftist organisations (which
    had formed a resistance network against Japan) and put conservative
    elites (who had collaborated with Japan) in power and helped destroy
    efforts to unify Korea. During the [Korean
    War](Korean_War "wikilink"), the US committed a number of [brutal
    war crimes and massacres](White_Terror_\(Korea\) "wikilink") (which
    were all for nothing) and sponsored authoritarian regimes in [South
    Korea](South_Korea "wikilink") for the next 30 years.
  - [Albania](Albania "wikilink"), 1949 - 1953: US
    [sponsors](Albanian_Subversion "wikilink") numerous fascist exiles
    to try and overthrow the leftist government of Albania and install a
    conservative monarchist regimes.
  - Eastern Europe, 1948 - 1956: US installs double agents into security
    agencies of the Warsaw Pact, leading to massive amount of paranoia
    and purges which kill hundreds of people and puts hundreds of
    thousands of people in jail.
  - [Germany](Germany "wikilink"), 1950s: US engages in terrorism and
    sabotage against East Germany and in West Germany develops a list of
    200 social democrats and 15 communists to be killed in the event of
    a Soviet Invasion. The development of [Operation
    Gladio](Operation_Gladio "wikilink") also allows the CIA to covertly
    support bombings and discredit leftists across Western Europe to
    drum up fear of communism.
  - [Iran](Iran "wikilink"), 1953: US-British intelligence agencies
    overthrow the government of Iran, which planned to nationalise
    British oil interests to pay for social programs. The new government
    privatised the oil, and unleashed a brutal wave of repression and
    torture by secret police until the [Iranian Revolution in
    1979](Iranian_Revolution "wikilink").
  - [Guatemala](Guatemala "wikilink"), 1953 - 1990s: US sponsors a
    military coup to overthrow a democratically elected progressive
    government that focused on land reform and public education. The
    next 40 years of Guatemala's history see a [horrible civil
    war](Guatemala_Civil_War "wikilink") filled with mass killings and
    torture of the indigenous population, killing 200,000 people.
    Despite official peace in 1996, death squads still roam the country,
    trained by the US.
  - [Costa Rica](Costa_Rica "wikilink"), 1950s - 1971: US sponsors
    multiple assassination attempts on the centrist president of Costa
    Rica for not being too tough on the left. These efforts fail.
  - Middle East, 1956 - 1958: US attempts to overthrow the government of
    Syria twice, overthrow the government of Egypt once, invades Lebanon
    and supports the dictatorship in Jordan. All to prevent the rise of
    Arab Nationalism, a leftist nationalist movement aiming to build an
    independent and united Arab community.
  - [Indonesia](Indonesia "wikilink"), 1957 - 1958: US attempts to
    topple the nationalist government of Indonesia through bombing runs,
    military coups, assassination attempts and election interference.
  - [Haiti](Haiti "wikilink"), 1959: US helps repress a popular, leftist
    uprising against the brutal dictatorship in Haiti.
  - Western Europe, 1950s - 1960s: US uses billions to sponsor
    pro-american and anti-socialist media, trade unions, political
    parties and student groups across Western Europe.
  - British Guiana/[Guyana](Guyana "wikilink"), 1953 - 1964: US forces
    the independent president of Guyana, Cheddi Jagan, to resign using a
    number of pressures for his successful social democracy.

#### 18\. Perverting Elections

#### 19\. Trojan Horse: The National Endowment for Democracy

#### 20\. The US versus the World at the United Nations

#### 21\. Eavesdropping on the Planet

#### 22\. Kidnapping and Looting

#### 23\. How the CIA Sent Nelson Mandela to Prison for 28 Years

#### 24\. The CIA and Drugs: Just Say "Why Not?"

#### 25\. Being the World's Only Superpower Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

#### 26\. The United States Invades, Bombs and Kills for It...but Do Americans Really Believe in Free Enterprise?

#### 27\. A Day in the Life of a Free Country

## External Links

  - [Rogue State](https://archive.org/details/WilliamBlumRogueState2002)
    at [archive.org](archive.org "wikilink")