Killing Hope
US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
Bloomsbury Academic · Print & ebook · July 14, 2022
InKilling Hope, William Blum, author of the bestsellingRogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower,provides a devastating and comprehensive account of America's covert and overt military actions in the world, all the way from China in the 1940s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and - in this updated edition - beyond.
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- Who it’s for
- Clear-eyed and methodical, this reads like a guide to the machinery behind American intervention.
- Genres
- Geopolitics, Security Studies, Military History
- Published
- Bloomsbury Academic, July 14, 2022
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InKilling Hope, William Blum, author of the bestsellingRogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower,provides a devastating and comprehensive account of America's covert and overt military actions in the world, all the way from China in the 1940s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and - in this updated edition - beyond. Is the United States, as it likes to claim, a global force for democracy?Killing Hopeshows the answer to this question to be a resounding 'no'.
Power Traced
Clear-eyed and methodical, this reads like a guide to the machinery behind American intervention.
Come here for
- US interventions, plainly traced
- A serious sweep through postwar power
Expect
- Diplomacy and CIA history
- Institutional, classroom-ready framing
Where it sits
| Military History | 43% |
|---|---|
| Security Studies | 30% |
| Geopolitics | 19% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Politics & Government
- Authors
- William Blum
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Published
- July 14, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Politics & Government