Table of Contents
Author's Note 6
Introduction 7
1 China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? 21
2 Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style 27
3 Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state 34
4 The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony 39
5 Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be? 45
6 Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy 55
7 Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor 57
8 Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism 61
9 Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings 64
10 Guatemala 1953-1954: While the world watched 72
11 Costa Rica mid-1950s: Trying to topple an ally, part I 83
12 Syria 1956-1957: Purchasing a new government 84
13 The Middle East 1957-1958: The Eisenhower Doctrine claims another backyard for America 89
14 Indonesia 1957-1958: War and pornography 99
15 Western Europe 1950s and 1960s: Fronts within fronts within fronts 104
16 British Guiana 1953-1964: The CIA's international labor mafia 108
17 Soviet Union late 1940s to 1960s: From spy planes to book publishing 114
18 Italy 1950s to 1970s: Supporting the Cardinal's orphans and techno-fascism 119
19 Vietnam 1950-1973: The Hearts and Minds Circus 122
20 Cambodia 1955-1973: Prince Sihanouk walks the high-wire of neutralisin 133
21 Laos 1957-1973: L'Armée Clandestine 140
22 Haiti 1959-1963: The Marines land, again 145
23 Guatemala 1960: One good coup deserves another 147
24 France/Algeria 1960s: L'état, c'est la CIA 148
25 Ecuador 1960-1963: A textbook of dirty tricks 153
26 The Congo 1960-1964: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba 156
27 Brazil 1961-1964: Introducing the marvelous new world of death squads 163
28 Peru 1960-1965: Fort Bragg moves to the jungle 172
29 Dominican Republic 1960-1966: Saving democracy from communism by getting rid of democracy 175
30 Cuba 1959 to 1980s: The unforgivable revolution 184
31 Indonesia 1965: Liquidating President Sukarno … and 500,000 others East Timor 1975: And 200,000 more 193
32 Ghana 1966: Kwame Nkrumah steps out of line 198
33 Uruguay 1964-1970: Torture-as American as apple pie 200
34 Chile 1964-1973: A hammer and sickle stamped on your child's forehead 206
35 Greece 1964-1974: "Fuck your Parliament and your Constitution," said the President of the United States 215
36 Bolivia 1964-1975: Tracking down Che Guevara in the land of coup d'état 221
37 Guatemala 1962 to 1980s: A less publicized "final solution" 229
38 Costa Rica 1970-1971: Trying to topple an ally, part II 239
39 Iraq 1972-1975: Covert action should not be confused with missionary work 242
40 Australia 1973-1975: Another free election bites the dust 244
41 Angola 1975 to 1980s: The Great Powers Poker Game 249
42 Zaire 1975-1978: Mobutu and the CIA, a marriage made in heaven 257
43 Jamaica 1976-1980: Kissinger's ultimatum 263
44 Seychelles 1979-1981: Yet another area of great strategic importance 267
45 Grenada 1979-1984: Lying-one of the few growth industries in Washington 269
46 Morocco 1983: A video nasty 278
47 Suriname 1982-1984: Once again, the Cuban bogeyman 279
48 Libya 1981-1989: Ronald Reagan meets his match 280
49 Nicaragua 1978-1990: Destabilization in slow motion 290
50 Panama 1969-1991: Double-crossing our drug supplier 305
51 Bulgaria 1990/Albania 1991: Teaching Communists what democracy is all about 314
52 Iraq 1990-1991: Desert holocaust 320
53 Afghanistan 1979-1992: America's Jihad 338
54 El Salvador 1980-1994: Human rights, Washington style 352
55 Haiti 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest? 370
56 The American Empire: Post-Cold War 383
Notes 393
Appendix I This is How the Money Goes Round 452
Appendix II Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-1945 454
Appendix III U.S. Government Assassination Plots 463
Index 465
About the Author 470
