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{{Short description|Book by William Blum}}
{{Infobox book
| name         = Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower 
| title_orig   = 
| translator   = 
| image        = RogueState.jpg
| author       = [[William Blum]]
| illustrator  = 
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| country      = United States
| language     = English
| series       = 
| subject      = 
| genre        = [[Politics]] 
| publisher    = [[Common Courage Press]] (US); Zed Books Ltd. (UK)
| pub_date     = 2000 
| media_type   = Print ([[Hardcover]], [[Paperback]]) 
| pages        = 394 
| isbn         = 1-56751-374-3 
| oclc= 62712660
| preceded_by  = The CIA: A Forgotten History (1986)
| followed_by  = West-Bloc Dissident: A Cold War Memoir (2002)
}}

'''''Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower''''' ({{ISBN|1-56751-374-3}}) is a book by [[William Blum]] first published in 2000. The 3rd revision updates events covered in the book to the year 2005. It examines and criticizes [[Foreign policy of the United States|United States foreign policy]] during and following the [[Cold War]]. The book's first chapter is titled "Why Do Terrorists Keep Picking on the United States". Subsequent chapter titles include "America's Gift to the World &ndash; the Afghan Terrorist Alumni", "The U.S. Versus the World at the [[United Nations]]" and "How the [[CIA]] Sent [[Nelson Mandela]] to Prison for 28 Years". The book was published in several languages including Arabic.

== Chapters ==
'''Ours and Theirs: Washington's Love/Hate Relationship with Terrorists and Human-Rights Violators'''

# Why Do [[Terrorism|Terrorists]] Keep Picking on the United States?
# America's Gift to the World—the Afghan Terrorist Alumni
# [[Assassination|Assassinations]]
# Excerpts from [[United States Army|US Army]] and [[CIA]] Training Manuals
# [[Torture]]
# The Unsavories
# Training New Unsavories
# [[War crime|War Criminals]]: Theirs and Ours
# Haven for Terrorists
# Supporting [[Pol Pot]]

'''United States Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction'''

# Bombings
# [[Depleted uranium|Depleted Uranium]]
# [[Cluster munition|Cluster Bombs]]
# United States Use of [[Chemical weapon|Chemical]] and [[Biological agent|Biological Weapons]] Abroad
# United States Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons at Home
# Encouragement of the Use of CBW by Other Nations

'''A Rogue State versus the World'''

# A Concise History of United States Global Interventions, 1945 to the Present
# [[Foreign electoral intervention|Perverting Elections]]
# Trojan Horse: The [[National Endowment for Democracy]]
# The US versus the World at the United Nations
# Eavesdropping on the Planet
# Kidnapping and Looting
# How the CIA Sent [[Nelson Mandela]] to Prison for 28 Years
# The CIA and Drugs: Just Say "Why Not?"
# Being the World's Only Superpower Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
# The United States Invades, Bombs and Kills for It...but Do Americans Really Believe in Free Enterprise?
# A Day in the Life of a Free Country

==Endorsement by Osama bin Laden==
''Rogue State'' received notoriety when it was mentioned in a speech attributed to [[Osama bin Laden]] [[2006 Osama bin Laden tapes|broadcast on January 19, 2006]]. Bin Laden stated: "If Bush carries on with his lies and oppression, it would be useful for you to read the book ''The Rogue State''". Sales subsequently soared.<ref>[http://smh.com.au/news/world/bin-laden-plug-boosts-book-sales/2006/01/21/1137734175551.html "Bin Laden plug boosts book sales"], ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', January 21, 2006</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4636742.stm "Osama 'plug' boosts book's sales"], [[BBC News]], January 22, 2006</ref>

When asked if he was disturbed by bin Laden's endorsement of his book, Blum replied "I was glad. I knew it would help the book's sales and I was not bothered by who it was coming from. If he shares with me a deep dislike for the certain aspects of U.S. foreign policy, then I'm not going to spurn any endorsement of the book by him. I think it's good that he shares those views and I'm not turned off by that."<ref>{{cite news
| date =January 21, 2006
| title =Bin Laden plug boosts book sales
|work=Sydney Morning Herald
| agency=[[Reuters]]
| url =http://smh.com.au/news/world/bin-laden-plug-boosts-book-sales/2006/01/21/1137734175551.html
}}</ref> Prior to bin Laden's statement, the book was ranked at 209,000 on [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]'s sales list. By the following Sunday it was number 12.

According to the [[Associated Press]], Bin Laden quoted the following passage by Blum: "If I were president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize – very publicly and sincerely – to all the widows and orphans, the impoverished and the tortured, and the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. Then I would announce to every corner of the world that America's global military interventions have come to an end."<ref>{{cite news
| date =January 21, 2006
| title =The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden
|work=Washington Post
|author= Cited by David Montgomery
| agency=Washington Post
| url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001971.html
}}</ref> The quote is from Blum's 2004 book ''Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire'', but appears in the Zed Books edition of ''Rogue State''.

==Other editions==
*{{cite book | author=Blum, William | title=Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower | publisher=Zed Books Ltd | year=2006 | isbn=1-84277-827-7}}

==See also==
*[[Killing Hope]]
*[[Rogue state]]
*[[American imperialism|American Empire]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.cia.gov/library/abbottabad-compound/5F/5FC9177D115DFAE199E5204183A6F3E2_Rogue_state__By_sout_al_khilafah.pdf ''Rogue State''] Hosted by the CIA website.

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[[Category:2000 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Books about foreign relations of the United States]]
[[Category:Books about the Cold War]]
[[Category:Books about terrorism]]
[[Category:Books critical of capitalism]]
[[Category:Common Courage Press books]]