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America's Deadliest Export : Democracy - The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Zed Books,
2014.
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| Edición: | 2014 edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- About this book; About the Author; Title page; Contents; Introduction; Full spectrum dominance; Wars of aggression; Intelligence of the political kind; Democracy is a beautiful thing, except that part about letting just any old jerk vote; 1 US Foreign Policy vs The World; Mit der dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens; That oh-so-precious world where words have no meaning; The worldwide eternal belief that American foreign policy has a good side that can be appealed to; The myth of the good war; The enduring mystique of the Marshall Plan; Why do they hate us? Part 1.
- Why do they hate us? Part 2Why do they hate us? Part 3; Why can't the US government talk about why they hate us?; You've got to be carefully taught; God bless America. And its bombs; A Mecca of hypocrisy, a Vatican of double standards; The empire's deep dark secret; Reforming the Indonesian military, for forty years (June 13, 2005); 2 Terrorism; A safer world for Americans ... if they don't leave home; Land of the free, home of the War on Terror; Saved again, thank the Lord, saved again (August 18, 2006); A tale of two terrorists; 3 Iraq.
- Iraq. Began with big lies. Ending with big lies. Never forget. US foreign policy, the mainstream media, and Alzheimer's; The sign has been put out front: 'Iraq is open for business'; Another charming tale about the noble mission; Who would have thought? Bush has been vindicated (December 11, 2007); The past is unpredictable: leaving Iraq vs leaving Vietnam (August 10, 2007); Can anyone find a message hidden here?; Chutzpah of an imperial size; Reconstruction, thy name is not the United States (January 9, 2006); The fairy tale behind the war (December 6, 2005).
- The elephant in Saddam Hussein's courtroom (November 10, 2005)War is peace, occupation is sovereignty(October 17, 2005); 4 Afghanistan; Please tell me again ... what is the war in Afghanistan about? (February 3, 2012); What it's about for Germany; The myths of Afghanistan, past and present; The eternal struggle between the good guys and the bad guys; The women: their last great chance; 5 Iran; A designer monster: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (December 17, 2006); What you need to succeed is sincerity, and if you can fake sincerity you've got it made (Old Hollywood axiom).
- The Israeli-American-Iranian-Holocaust-NobelPeacePrize circusThe Lord High Almighty Pooh-Bah of threats, the Grand Ayatollah of nuclear menace (February 3, 2012); Arab leaders: Arab people; Another peace scare. Boy, that was close. (December 11, 2007); Intentional misunderstanding (November 6, 2007); 6 George W. Bush; 'Come out of the White House with your hands up!' (May 21, 2006); After the war-crimes trial we'll need a second tribunal for shameless lying, gross insults to our intelligence, and just plain weird stupidity and stupid weirdness.