William Blum
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reference on the Toxicity of US Military at Direction of Political Criminals, July 3, 2015
This is the UPDATED edition bring this long-standing historical tour de force up from the last edition that ended in 2008, to 2014. This means that it includes the newest elective wars and the “swath of destruction” we have created from Central Asia down through the Middle East and North Africa to Western Africa, where we now lust for oil in Niger and Nigeria.
Over-all, this is a very precious book, and an essential reference on the history of US intervention, both military and clandestine or covert.
As a former Marine Corps infantry office and former clandestine services case officer, and as an avid reader of non-fiction, I will gladly state on the record that this author has it largely right.
While I take the author with a grain of salt and do not appreciate his collaboration with Phil Agee, who betrayed his oaths to the US, whatever his reasons, on balance this book is an essential reference for anyone who wishes to understand why the rest of the world is beginning to conclude that we are the worst of all evils in our foreign policy behavior and misbehavior.
Although the author focuses on CIA's role in regime change, I would like to see more emphasis on the insanity of a drone assassination campaign by CIA that has a documented 98% collateral damage record, the persistence of black prisons and rendition and torture now out-sourced, and the plain fact that CIA is so busy doing evil things that it has completely lost the ability to produce intelligence (decision-support) with integrity.
Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (American Empire Project)
The Fifty-Year Wound: How America's Cold War Victory Has Shaped Our World
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (The American Empire Project)
Wilson's Ghost: Reducing The Risk Of Conflict, Killing, And Catastrophe In The 21st Century
Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025
War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & ‘Project Truth'
Why We Fight
Fog Facts: Searching for Truth in the Land of Spin
Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq
Best wishes to all,
Robert David STEELE Vivas
INTELLIGENCE FOR EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability
