| Edition |
Updated edition. |
| Description |
469 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Updated from the 1995 edition, which was in turn a revised and expanded version of The CIA, A Forgotten History, published in 1986 by Zed Books, London"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-450) and index. |
| Contents |
China 1945 to 1960s: was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? -- Italy 1947-1948: free elections, Hollywood style -- Greece 1947-early 1950s: from cradle of democracy to client state -- The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony -- Korea 1945-1953: was it all that it appeared to be? -- Albania 1949-1953: the proper English spy -- Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor -- Germany 1950s: everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism -- Iran 1953: making it safe for the king of kings -- Guatemala 1953-1954: while the world watched -- Costa Rica mid-1950s: trying to topple an ally, part I -- Syria 1956-1957: purchasing a new government -- The Middle East 1957-1958: the Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America -- Indonesia 1957-1958: war and pornography -- Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: fronts within fronts within fronts -- British Guiana 1953-1954: the CIA's international labor mafia -- Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: from spy planes to book publishing -- Italy 1950s to 1970s: supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism -- Vietnam 1950-1973: the hearts and minds circus -- Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism -- Laos 1957-1973: l'armee clandestine -- Haiti 1959-1963: the Marines land, again -- Guatemala 1960: one good coup deserves another -- France/Algeria 1960s: l'etat, c'est la CIA -- Ecuador 1960-1963: a textbook of dirty tricks -- The Congo 1960-1964: the assassination of Patrice Lumumba -- Brazil 1961-1964: introducing the marvelous new world of death squads -- Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle -- Dominican Republic 1960-1966: saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy -- Cuba 1959-1980s: the unforgivable revolution -- Indonesia 1965: liquidating President Sukarno... and 500,000 others, East Timor 1975: and 200,000 more -- Ghana 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line -- Uruguay 1964-1970: torture--as American as apple pie -- Chile 1964-1973: a hammer and sickle stamped on your forehead -- Greece 1964-1974: "Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution," said the President of the United States -- Bolivia 1964-1975: tracking down Che Guavara in the land of coup d'etat -- Guatemala 1962 to 1980s: a less publicized "final solution" -- Costa Rica 1970-1971: trying to topple an ally, part II -- Iraq 1972-1975: covert action should not be confused with missionary work -- Australia 1973-1975: another free election bites the dust -- Angola 1975 to 1980s: the great powers poker game -- Zaire 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven -- Jamaica 1976-1980: Kissinger's ultimatum -- Seychelles 1979-1981: yet another area of great strategic importance -- Grenada 1979-1984: lying--one of the few growth industries in Washington -- Morocco 1983: a video nasty -- Suriname 1982-1984: once again, the Cuban bogeyman -- Libya 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match -- Nicaragua 1978-1990: destabilization in slow motion -- Panama 1969-1991: double-crossing our drug supplier -- Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: teaching communists what democracy is all about -- Iraq 1990-1991: desert holocaust -- Afghanistan 1979-1992: America's jihad -- El Salvador 1980-1994: human rights, Washington style -- Haiti 1986-1994: who will rid me of this turbulent past? -- The American empire: 1992 to present. |
| Local Note |
STJONEW |
| Subject |
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
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United States -- Military relations.
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United States -- Foreign relations.
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Intervention (International law)
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Subversive activities -- United States -- History.
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Intelligence service -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Blum, William.
CIA, a forgotten history.
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| Added Title |
U.S. military and CIA interventions since World War II |
| ISBN |
1567512526 paperback $24.95 |
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1567512534 cloth |
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