Introduction xi
Preface lix
1. A Propaganda Model 1
2. Worthy and Unworthy Victims 37
3. Legitimizing versus Meaningless Third World Elections: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua 87
4. The KGB-Bulgarian Plot to Kill the Pope: Free-Market Disinformation as “News” 143
5. The Indochina Wars (I): Vietnam 169
6. The Indochina Ware (II): Laos and Cambodia 253
7. Conclusions 297
Appendix 1: The U.S. Official Observers in Guatemala, July 1-2, 1984 309
Appendix 2: Tagliabue’s Finale on the Bulgarian Connection: A Case Study in Bian 313
Appendix 3: Braestrup’s Big Story: Some “Freedom House Exclusives” 321
Notes 331
Index 395