Blum,W. The CIA: A Forgotten History. 1986
Blum, William. The CIA, A Forgotten History: U.S. Global Interventions
Since World War 2. London: Zed Books, 1986. 428 pages (includes 65 pages of
end notes). Published in a revised and expanded edition in 1995, under the
title of "Killing Hope," by Common Courage Press, Box 702, Monroe ME 04951.
This is the only well-documented book on CIA history that is arranged
country by country, year by year. It describes and analyzes the known
significant interventions throughout the world since 1945 that have been
carried out through the CIA and other branches of U.S. government.
Hundreds of distinct operations were launched in more than 50 countries
using various techniques: the use of armed aggression by U.S. and/or
indigenous forces working with the U.S.; operations, successful or not,
to overthrow a government; attempts to suppress a popular rebellion or
movement; attempts to assassinate political leaders; gross interference in
elections or other flagrant manipulations of a country's political system;
the manufacture of "news"; serious manipulation of trade unions, etc.
While most CIA histories get sidetracked with anecdotal personality
discussions, this one deals exclusively with the big sorry picture. One
might conclude that the same interventionist patterns appear with every
post-war administration, suggesting that it never was a matter of
personalties at all, but rather something more enduring, more structural,
and much more threatening. -- D.Brandt and W.Blum
ISBN 0-86232-480-7
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