Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire

This collection of biting essays written by William Blum includes some previously published ones and several written exclusively for this book. Among them:"The Bombing of PanAm Flight 103: Case Not Closed""Cuban Political Prisoners . . . in the United States""What do the Imperial Mafia Want in Iraq?""Myth and Denial in the War Against Iraq.""Hiroshima: Needless Slaughter, Useful Terror""Hostages in Peru: Their Terrorists, our Freedom Fighters""The Myth of America's Booming Economy""A New Yorker Trapped in Los Angeles""Treason: None Dare Call it Nothing"William Blum is the author of the monumental reference work, Killing Hope: CIA and Military Intervention since World War II and Rogue State, a Guide to the World's Only Superpower.