America's deadliest export [[electronic resource] ] : democracy, the truth about US foreign policy and everything else / / William Blum

• Autore: Blum William
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013; [London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021
• Edizione: 2014 edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.73
• Soggetto topico: Democracy - United States; Geopolitics
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1945-
• Note generali: If you sometimes think that the dumbness, lies, hypocrisy, cynicism, cruelty, and arrogance could never have been as bad as now ...
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-352), and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: America's deadliest export
• ISBN: 1-350-37457-1; 1-350-21843-X; 1-78360-167-1; 1-283-92416-1; 1-78032-447-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821339303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II