by William Blum
From the cover: Is the United States a force for democracy? From China in
the 1940s to Guatemala today, William Blum provides the most comprehensive
study of the ongoing American holocaust.
"Far and away the best book on the topic." --Noam Chomsky
"A valuable reference for anyone interested in the conduct of U.S.
foreign policy." --Choice
"The single most useful summary of CIA history." --John Stockwell,
former CIA officer & author
About the Author: William Blum left the State Department in 1967, abandoning
his aspiration of becoming a Foreign Service Officer, because of his opposition
to what the United States was doing in Vietnam. He then became a founder and
editor of the "Washington Free Press", the first
"alternative" newspaper in the capital. Mr. Blum has been a freelance
journalist in the United States, Europe and South America. His stay in Chile in
1972-3, writing about the Allende government's "socialist
experiment", and then its tragic overthrow in a CIA-designed coup,
instilled in him a personal involvement and an even more heightened interest in
what his government was doing in various corners of the world.
Common Courage Press, William Blum, 1995, Soft Cover, 458 p.p., Notes,
Index, Appendix.
