America's deadliest export : democracy : the truth about US foreign policy and everything else

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Author:

Blum, William.

ISBN:

9781780324456

9780992208509

9781552665596

9781780324463

Personal Author:

Blum, William.

Publication Information:

Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood Pub. ; London ; New York, NY : Zed Books, 2013.

Physical Description:

355 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

US foreign policy vs the world -- Terrorism -- Iraq -- Afghanistan -- Iran -- George W. Bush -- Condoleeza 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 -- The media -- Barack Obama -- Patriotism -- Dissent and resistance in America -- Religion -- Laughing despite the empire -- But what can we do?

Abstract:

For over 65 years, the United States war machine has been on auto pilot. Since World War II, the world has believed that US foreign policy means well, and that America's motives in spreading democracy are honorable, even noble. In this startling and provocative book from William Blum, one of the United States' leading non-mainstream chroniclers of American foreign policy and author of the popular online newsletter, Anti-Empire Reports, demonstrates that nothing could be further from the truth. America's Deadliest Export is the in-depth exposé of the many contradictions surrounding the nature of US foreign policy.

Subject Term:

Democratization -- Government policy -- United States.

Democracy -- United States.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2013409069-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2013409069-d.html

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'A fireball of terse information.'Oliver Stone'A remarkable collection. Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis.'Noam ChomskyFor over sixty-five years, the United States war machine has been on automatic pilot. Since World War II we have been conditioned to believe that America's motives in 'exporting' democracy are honorable, even noble.In this startling and provocative book, William Blum, a leading dissident chronicler of US foreign policy and the author of controversial bestseller Rogue State , argues that nothing could be further from the truth.Moreover, unless this fallacy is unlearned, and until people understand fully the worldwide suffering American policy has caused, we will never be able to stop the monster.