Rogue State
A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Blum, William
Publisher: Common Courage Press
Year Published: 2005
Pages: 308pp ISBN: 9781567513745
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX15024
A mini-encyclopedia of the numerous un-humanitarian acts perpetrated by the United States since the end of the Second World War.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Ours and theirs: Washington’s love/hate relationship with terrorists and human-rights violators
Why do terrorists keep picking on the United States?
America’s gift to the world—the Afghan terrorist alumni
Assassinations
Excerpts from US Army and CIA Training Manuals
Torture
The unsavories
Training new unsavories
War criminals: theirs and ours
Haven for terrorists
Supporting Pol Pot
United States use of weapons of mass destruction
Bombings
Depleted uranium
Cluster bombs
Chemical and biological weapons abroad
Chemical and biological weapons at home
Encouraging the use of CBW by other nations
A Rogue State Versus the World
A concise history of US global interventions
Perverting elections
Trojan Horse: the National Endowment for Democracy
The US versus the world at the United Nations
Eavesdropping on the planet
Kidnapping and looting
How the CIA sent Nelson Mandela to prison for 28 years
The CIA and drugs: just say ‘Why not?’
Being the world’s only superpower means never having to say you’re sorry
The US invades, bombs and kills for it…but do Americans really believe in free enterprise?
A day in the life of a free country…or…how do the United States get away with it?
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