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129 lines
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**Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II**
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is a 2003 [book](List_of_Libertarian_Socialist_Books "wikilink") by
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[William Blum](William_Blum "wikilink") which discusses...[US
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military](United_States_of_America "wikilink") and [CIA](CIA "wikilink")
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interventions since [World War II](World_War_II "wikilink"), it outlines
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the efforts to build an [American Empire](American_Empire "wikilink") in
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the second half of the 20th century through a combination of invasions,
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[bombings](Bombing "wikilink"), supporting coups, backing terrorists and
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interfering in elections.
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## Summary
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### 1\. China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid?
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### 2\. Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style
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### 3\. Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state
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### 4\. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony
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### 5\. Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be?
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### 6\. Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy
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### 7\. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor
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### 8\. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism
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### 9\. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings
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### 10.Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched
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### 11\. Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, part I
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### 12\. Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government
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### 13\. The Middle East 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America
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### 14\. Indonesia 1957-1958: War and pornography
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### 15\. Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts
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### 16\. British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA's international labor mafia
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### 17\. Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing
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### 18\. Italy 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism
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### 19\. Vietnam 1950 - 1973 : The Hearts and Minds Circus
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### 20\. Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism
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### 21\. Laos 1957-1973: L'Armee Clandestine
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### 22\. Haiti 1959-1963: The Marines land, again
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### 23\. Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another
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### 24\. France/Algeria 1960s: L'etat, c'est la CIA
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### 25\. Ecuador 1960-1963: A textbook of dirty tricks
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### 26\. The Congo 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba
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### 27\. Brazil 1961-1964: Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads
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### 28\. Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle
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### 29\. Dominican Republic 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy
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### 30\. Cuba 1959 to 1980s: The unforgivable revolution
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### 31\. Indonesia 1965: Liquidating President Sukarno ... and 500,000 others, East Timor 1975: And 200,000 more
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### 32\. Ghana 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line
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### 33\. Uruguay 1964-1970: Torture — as American as apple pie
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### 34\. Chile 1964-1973: A hammer and sickle stamped on your child's forehead
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### 35\. Greece 1964-1974: "Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution," said the President of the United States
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### 36\. Bolivia 1964-1975: Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d'etat
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### 37\. Guatemala 1962 to 1980s: A less publicized "final solution"
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### 38\. Costa Rica 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally, part II
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### 39\. Iraq 1972-1975: Covert action should not be confused with missionary work
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### 40\. Australia 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust
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### 41\. Angola 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game
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### 42\. Zaire 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven
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### 43\. Jamaica 1976-1980: Kissinger's ultimatum
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### 44\. Seychelles 1979-1981: Yet another area of great strategic importance
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### 45\. Grenada 1979-1984: Lying — one of the few growth industries in Washington
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### 46\. Morocco 1983: A video nasty
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### 47\. Suriname 1982-1984: Once again, the Cuban bogeyman
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### 48\. Libya 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match
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### 49\. Nicaragua 1978-1990: Destabilization in slow motion
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### 50\. Panama 1969-1991: Double-crossing our drug supplier
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### 51\. Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: Teaching Communists what democracy is all about
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### 52\. Iraq 1990-1991: Desert holocaust
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### 53\. Afghanistan 1979-1992: America's Jihad
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### 54\. El Salvador 1980-1994: Human rights, Washington style
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### 55\. Haiti 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?
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### 56\. The American Empire: 1992 to present 383
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## External Links
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- [Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War
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II](https://archive.org/details/pdfy-y_8iHigC3Ms5TngF) at
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[archive.org](archive.org "wikilink") |