Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: China - 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid?
• Chapter 2: Italy - 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style
• Chapter 3: Greece - 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state
• Chapter 4: The Philippines - 1940s and 1950s: America’s oldest colony
• Chapter 5: Korea - 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be?
• Chapter 6: Albania - 1949-1953: The proper English spy
• Chapter 7: Eastern Europe - 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor
• Chapter 8: Germany - 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism
• Chapter 9: Iran - 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings
• Chapter 10: Guatemala - 1953-1954: While the world watched
• Chapter 11: Costa Rica - Mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally - Part 1
• Chapter 12: Syria - 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government
• Chapter 13: Middle East - 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America
• Chapter 14: Indonesia - 1957-1958: War and pornography
• Chapter 15: Western Europe - 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts
• Chapter 16: British Guiana - 1953-1964: The CIA’s international labor mafia
• Chapter 17: Soviet Union - Late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing
• Chapter 18: Italy - 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal’s orphans and techno-fascism
• Chapter 19: Vietnam - 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus
• Chapter 20: Cambodia - 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralism
• Chapter 21: Laos - 1957-1973: L’Armée Clandestine
• Chapter 22: Haiti - 1959-1963: The Marines land, again
• Chapter 23: Guatemala - 1960: One good coup deserves another
• Chapter 24: France/Algeria - 1960s: L’état, c’est la CIA
• Chapter 25: Ecuador - 1960-1963: A text book of dirty tricks
• Chapter 26: The Congo - 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba
• Chapter 27: Brazil - 1961-1964: Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads
• Chapter 28: Peru - 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle
• Chapter 29: Dominican Republic - 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy
• Chapter 30: Cuba - 1959 to 1980s: The unforgivable revolution
• Chapter 31: Indonesia - 1965: Liquidating President Sukarno ..: and 500,000 others; East Timor - 1975: And 200,000 more
• Chapter 32: Ghana - 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line
• Chapter 33: Uruguay - 1964-1970: Torture—as American as apple pie
• Chapter 34: Chile - 1964-1973: A hammer and sickle stamped on your child’s forehead
• Chapter 35: Greece - 1964-1974: “Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution,” said the President of the United States
• Chapter 36: Bolivia - 1964-1975: Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d’etat
• Chapter 37: Guatemala - 1962 to 1980s: A less publicized “final solution”
• Chapter 38: Costa Rica - 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally—Part 2
• Chapter 39: Iraq - 1972-1975: Covert action should not be confused with missionary work
• Chapter 40: Australia - 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust
• Chapter 41: Angola - 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game
• Chapter 42: Zaire - 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven
• Chapter 43: Jamaica - 1976-1980: Kissinger’s ultimatum
• Chapter 44: Seychelles - 1979-1981: Yet another area of great strategic importance
• Chapter 45: Grenada - 1979-1984: Lying—one of the few growth industries in Washington
• Chapter 46: Morocco - 1983: A video nasty
• Chapter 47: Suriname - 1982-1984: Once again, the Cuban bogeyman
• Chapter 48: Libya - 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match
• Chapter 49: Nicaragua - 1981-1990: Destabilization in slow motion
• Chapter 50: Panama - 1969-1991: Double-crossing our drug supplier
• Chapter 51: Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: Teaching communists what democracy is all about
• Chapter 52: Iraq - 1990-1991: Desert Holocaust
• Chapter 53: Afghanistan - 1979-1992: America’s Jihad
• Chapter 54: El Salvador - 1980-1994: Human rights, Washington style
• Chapter 55: Haiti - 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?
• Chapter 56: The American Empire - 1992 to present