Summary of Killing Hope

Killing Hope by Bill Blum is a powerful exposé of America's foreign policy since World War II. Blum takes an unflinching look at fifty-plus years of intervention, subversion, and sanctions that have taken millions of lives and caused untold suffering around the world. Blum dismantles the mythology that the United States has brought peace, justice, and democracy to far places, showing instead that it has unleashed a long train of suffering and destabilization, all for its own perceived gain. Blum also shows how the trend continues, as the United States continues to impose its policy of 'regime change' and economic dominance upon countries around the world. Killing Hope makes a powerful argument for changing the United States’ disastrous foreign policy by showing the true cost to the rest of the world.