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,