America’s Deadliest Export
Democracy – The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else
“As in the past, in this remarkable collection Bill Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis. It is a perspective on the world that Westerners should ponder, and take as a guideline for action.” – Noam Chomsky
Since World War II we have been conditioned to believe that U.S. foreign policy means well, that America’s motives in “exporting” democracy are honourable, even noble. In this startling and provocative book, William Blum argues that nothing could be further from the truth. Unless this fallacy is unlearned, we will never be able to stop the monster.
About the book
Since World War II we have been conditioned to believe that U.S. foreign policy means well, that America’s motives in “exporting” democracy are honourable, even noble. In this startling and provocative book, William Blum argues that nothing could be further from the truth. Unless this fallacy is unlearned, we will never be able to stop the monster.
What people are saying
Noam Chomsky“As in the past, in this remarkable collection Bill Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis. It is a perspective on the world that Westerners should ponder, and take as a guideline for action.”
Oliver Stone“A fireball of terse information – one of our best muckrackers.”
Contents
- Introduction
- U.S. Foreign Policy vs. the World
- Terrorism
- Iraq
- Afghanistan
- Iran
- George W. Bush
- Condoleezza Rice
- Human Rights, Civil Liberties and Torture
- Wikileaks
- Conspiracies
- Yugoslavia
- Libya
- Latin America
- Cuba
- The Cold War and Anti-Communism
- The 1960s
- Ideology and Society
- Our Precious Environment
- The Problem with Capitalism
- Media
- Barack Obama
- Patriotism
- Dissent and Resistance in America
- Religion
- Laughing Despite the Empire
- But What Can We Do?
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