LEADER 05413nam 2200709 450 001 9910786028703321 005 20210311111955.0 010 $a1-350-37457-1 010 $a1-350-21843-X 010 $a1-78360-167-1 010 $a1-283-92416-1 010 $a1-78032-447-2 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350218437 035 $a(CKB)2670000000326739 035 $a(EBL)1107613 035 $a(OCoLC)823719966 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000906120 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11577520 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000906120 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10930508 035 $a(PQKB)10193652 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1107613 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642038 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL423666 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350218437 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1107613 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000326739 100 $a20210311h20212013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerica's deadliest export$b[electronic resource] $edemocracy, the truth about US foreign policy and everything else /$fWilliam Blum 205 $a2014 edition. 210 1$aLondon, England :$cZed Books,$d2013. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (370 p.) 300 $aIf you sometimes think that the dumbness, lies, hypocrisy, cynicism, cruelty, and arrogance could never have been as bad as now ... 311 $a1-78032-445-6 311 $a1-78032-446-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-352), and index. 327 $aAbout 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 ka?mpfen Go?tter 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. 327 $aWhy 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. 327 $aIraq. 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). 327 $aThe 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). 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aSince 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 State, argues that nothing could be further from the truth. Moreover, until people understand fully the worldwide suffering American policy has caused, we will never be able to stop the monster. 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 606 $aGeopolitics$2bicssc 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945- 615 0$aDemocracy 615 7$aGeopolitics 676 $a327.73 700 $aBlum$b William$0248 801 0$bEBLCP 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786028703321 996 $aAmerica's deadliest export$93721892 997 $aUNINA