Killing Hope
First edition | |
| Author | William Blum |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.) |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | Common Courage Press |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 500 pp |
| ISBN | 1-56751-253-4 |
| OCLC | 53832319 |
| Preceded by | West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir |
| Followed by | Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire |
Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions since World War II by William Blum is a history book on CIA covert operations and United States military interventions during the second half of the 20th century. The book, published in 1995 by Common Courage Press, takes a strongly critical view of American foreign policy. It is an updated and revised version of one of Blum's previous works, The CIA – A Forgotten History (1986).
The book covers various US foreign policy ventures from just after World War II onward. Its basic premise is that the American Cold War-era activities abroad were done with imperialist motives.