Promoting democracy : a disastrous United States foreign policy / Ralph McGehee ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.

Ralph McGehee, former CIA agent and author of “My 25 Years in the CIA,” discusses United States foreign policy in developing countries. McGehee has come to see the governmental lies concerning Communism in Thailand and Vietnam, and how the United States has continually underestimated the popular support of Communism in those countries. He discusses the United States invasion of Vietnam, as well as El Salvador and Grenada. Each time the United States has attempted to “promote” democracy, legitimate democratic governments have been overthrown and replaced by military dictatorships. McGehee concludes by discussing the Council on Foreign Relations, elite planning, and various members of the Clinton Administration.|PROMOTING DEMOCRACY : A DISASTROUS UNITED STATES FOREING POLICY / Ralph McGehee| interviewed by Bob DeBolt. – Ralph McGehee, former CIA agent and author of “My 25 Years in the CIA,” discusses United States foreign policy in developing countries. McGehee has come to see the governmental lies concerning Communism in Thailand and Vietnam, and how the United States has continually underestimated the popular support of Communism in those countries. He discusses the United States invasion of Vietnam, as well as El Salvador and Grenada. Each time the United States has attempted to “promote” democracy, legitimate democratic governments have been overthrown and replaced by military dictatorships. McGehee concludes by discussing the Council on Foreign Relations, elite planning, and various members of the Clinton Administration. For a contemporary speech by Ralph McGehee on similar issues, see IZ0334.01. Audio quality of this program is far superior. – RECORDED: Santa Cruz, 1 Feb. 1993.