num_pages: 550
description: “Far and away the best book on the topic.”—Noam Chomsky The classic history of the CIA (Killing Hope), published for the first time in Spanish. Is the United States a force for democracy? This overview of US foreign policy presents an impressive catalog of cases showing how, since World War II, the CIA has helped engineer the downfall of legitimate, democratically elected governments throughout the world. Covering US interventions in more than fifty countries, this book describes the grim role played by the United States in overthrowing governments, perverting elections, assassinating leaders, suppressing revolutions, manipulating trade unions, and manufacturing “news.”
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: La CIA: Una Historia Negra: Intervenciones de la CIA desde la segunda guerra mundial
titlecomplete: La CIA: Una Historia Negra: Intervenciones de la CIA desde la segunda guerra mundial (Spanish Edition)
genres: Nonfiction, History, Politics
ratings_count: 35
publisher: Ocean Sur