Killing hope : U.S. military and CIA interventions since World War 2 / William Blum.

Originally published: Montreal: Black Rose, 1998.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Author's Note -- Introduction to the New Edition -- Introduction to the Original Edition -- 1. China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? -- 2. Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style -- 3. Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state -- 4. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony -- 5. Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be? -- 6. Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy -- 7. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor -- 8. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism -- 9. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings -- 10. Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched -- 11. Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, part I -- 12. Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government -- 13. The Middle East 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America -- 14. Indonesia 1957-1958: War and pornography -- 15. Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts -- 16. British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA's international labor mafia -- 17. Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing -- 18. Italy 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism -- 19. Vietnam 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus -- 20. Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism -- 21. Laos 1957-1973: L'Armee Clandestine -- 22. Haiti 1959-1963: The Marines land, again -- 23. Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another -- 24. France/Algeria 1960s: L'etat, c'est la CIA -- 25. Ecuador 1960-1963: A textbook of dirty tricks -- 26. The Congo 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba -- 27. Brazil 1961-1964: Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads -- 28. Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle -- 29. Dominican Republic 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy -- 30. Cuba 1959 to 1980s: The unforgivable revolution -- 31. Indonesia 1965: Liquidating President Sukarno... and 500,000 others East Timor 1975: And 200,000 more -- 32. Ghana 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line -- 33. Uruguay 1964-1970: Torture - as American as apple pie -- 34. Chile 1964-1973: A hammer and sickle stamped on your child's forehead -- 35. Greece 1964-1974: "Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution," said the President of the United States -- 36. Bolivia 1964-1975: Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d'etat -- 37. Guatemala 1962 to 1980s: A less publicized "final solution" -- 38. Costa Rica 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally, part II -- 39. Iraq 1972-1975: Covert action should not be confused with missionary work -- 40. Australia 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust -- 41. Angola 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game -- 42. Zaire 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven -- 43. Jamaica 1976-1980: Kissinger's ultimatum -- 44. Seychelles 1979-1981: Yet another area of great strategic importance -- 45. Grenada 1979-1984: Lying - one of the few growth industries in Washington -- 46. Morocco 1983: A video nasty -- 47. Suriname 1982-1984: Once again, the Cuban bogeyman -- 48. Libya 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match -- 49. Nicaragua 1981-1990: Destabilization in slow motion -- 50. Panama 1969-1991: Double-crossing out drug supplier -- 51. Bulgaria 1990: Teaching Communists what democracy is all about -- 52. Iraq 1990-1991: Desert holocaust -- 53. Afghanistan 1979-1992: America's Jihad -- 54. El Salvador 1980-1994: Human rights, Washington style -- 55. Haiti 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this man? -- Notes -- Appendix I: This is How the Money Goes Round -- Appendix II: Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-1945 -- Appendix III: U.S. Government Assassination Plots -- Index -- About the Author.