William Blum
William Blum (/blʌm/; March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American author and historian. He was a critic of United States foreign policy. He worked in a computer-related position at the United States Department of State in the mid-1960s.[1] He was known for his works The CIA: A Forgotten History (1986), Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower (2000) and Killing Hope (2003).
In early 2006, Blum briefly became the subject of widespread media attention when Osama bin Laden issued a public statement in which he quoted Blum and recommended that all Americans read Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower.[2]
Blum was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died on December 9, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia from kidney failure at the age of 85.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Montgomery, David (January 21, 2006). "The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden". The Washington Post: C01. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001971.html.
- ↑ Oliver, Mark (January 23, 2006). "Osama bin Laden recommends". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2006/jan/23/osamabinladen. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ↑ "William Blum, Independent Journalist and Anti-Imperialist Historian, Dies at 85". Democracy Now. December 11, 2018. https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/11/headlines/william_blum_independent_journalist_and_anti_imperialist_historian_dies_at_85. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ↑ William Blum, U.S. Policy Critic Cited by bin Laden, Dies at 85
Other websites
- William Blum
- William Blum on IMDb
- American Exceptionalism: The Naked Truth by William Blum at CovertAction Magazine
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