Rogue state : a guide to the world's only superpower

Title
  1. Rogue state : a guide to the world's only superpower / William Blum.
Published by
  1. Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, ©2000.
Author
  1. Blum, William.

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Description
  1. 308 pages; 20 cm
Summary
  1. Presents a review of America's use of military tactics, CIA intervention, and economic coercion to assist ally nations with known histories of human rights violations and preserve its own political and market interests.
Subject
  1. Since 1945
  2. Intervention (International law)
  3. Human rights > Foreign countries
  4. Human rights > Government policy > United States
  5. Constitutional torts > United States
  6. 89.90 foreign policy
  7. 15.85 history of America
  8. Constitutional torts
  9. Diplomatic relations
  10. Human rights > Government policy
  11. Military policy
  12. Terrorismus
  13. Außenpolitik
  14. Staat
  15. Politische Verfolgung
  16. Massenvernichtungswaffe
  17. Militärische Intervention
  18. Menschenrecht
  19. Buitenlandse politiek
  20. Machtsmisbruik
  21. Interventie
  22. United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989
  23. United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
  24. United States > Military policy
  25. United States
  26. USA
Contents
  1. 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, 1945-Present -- 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 Does the United States Get Away with It?
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-304) and index.