What is William Blum?
[[File:NLN_William_Blum.jpg|right|thumb|William Blum in 2007]] '''William Blum''' ({{IPAc-en|b|l|ʌ|m}}; March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018) was an American author and historian. He was a critic of [[Foreign relations of the United States|United States foreign policy]]. He worked in a computer-related position at the [[United States Department of State]] in the mid-1960s.<ref name=Montgomery>{{cite news | first =David | last =Montgomery | date =January 21, 2006 | title =The Author Who Got A Big Boost From bin Laden |work=The Washington Post | pages =C01 | id = | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001971.html }}</ref> 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 [[19 January 2006 Osama bin Laden tape|a public statement]] in which he quoted Blum and recommended that all Americans read ''[[Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Oliver|first=Mark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2006/jan/23/osamabinladen|title=Osama bin Laden recommends|work=The Guardian|date=January 23, 2006|access-date=December 10, 2018}}</ref> Blum was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. He died on December 9, 2018 in [[Arlington, Virginia]] from [[kidney failure]] at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/11/headlines/william_blum_independent_journalist_and_anti_imperialist_historian_dies_at_85|title=William Blum, Independent Journalist and Anti-Imperialist Historian, Dies at 85|work=Democracy Now|date=December 11, 2018|access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/obituaries/william-blum-dead.html William Blum, U.S. Policy Critic Cited by bin Laden, Dies at 85]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikiquote}} *[https://williamblum.org/ William