The road to 9/11 : wealth, empire, and the future of America / / Peter Dale Scott

• Autore: Scott Peter Dale
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (445 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.931
• Soggetto topico: Transparency in government - United States; Privacy, Right of - United States; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Political aspects; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Political aspects; Democracy - United States; Elite (Social sciences) - United States; National security - United States; Political corruption - United States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1945-1989; United States Politics and government 1989-
• Soggetto non controllato: 9/11; al qaeda; american history; assassination; cia; crime; criminal; cultural studies; democracy; democratic state; disaster; domestic; drug war; foreign policy; kennedy; nixon; political; politics; presidents; punishment; social history; social studies; southeast asia; terrorism; terrorist; united states foreign policy; united states history; united states presidents; us history; war on drugs; wartime; world war 2.; wwii
• Note generali: First paperback printing 2008.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-403) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface. The America We Knew and Loved: Can It Be Saved? -- 1. Introduction: Wealth, Empire, Cabals, and the Public State -- 2. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Decline of the Public State -- 3. The Pivotal Presidency: Ford, Rumsfeld, and Cheney -- 4. Brzezinski, Oil, and Afghanistan -- 5. Carter's Surrender to the Rockefellers on Iran -- 6. Casey, the Republican Counter surprise, and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, 1980 -- 7. Afghanistan and the Origins of al Qaeda -- 8. The Al-Kifah Center, al Qaeda, and the U.S. Government, 1988-98 -- 9. The Pre-9/11 Cover-up of Ali Mohamed and al Qaeda -- 10. Al Qaeda and the U.S. Establishment -- 11. Parallel Structures and Plans for Continuity of Government -- 12. The 9/11 Commission Report and Vice President Cheney -- 13. The 9/11 Commission Report's and Cheney's Deceptions about 9/11 -- 14. Cheney, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Continuity of Government -- 15. Conclusion: 9/11 and the Future of America -- Glossary of Open Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is an ambitious, meticulous examination of how U.S. foreign policy since the 1960's has led to partial or total cover-ups of past domestic criminal acts, including, perhaps, the catastrophe of 9/11. Peter Dale Scott, whose previous books have investigated CIA involvement in southeast Asia, the drug wars, and the Kennedy assassination, here probes how the policies of presidents since Nixon have augmented the tangled bases for the 2001 terrorist attack. Scott shows how America's expansion into the world since World War II has led to momentous secret decision making at high levels. He demonstrates how these decisions by small cliques are responsive to the agendas of private wealth at the expense of the public, of the democratic state, and of civil society. He shows how, in implementing these agendas, U.S. intelligence agencies have become involved with terrorist groups they once backed and helped create, including al Qaeda.
• Altri titoli varianti: Road to nine eleven
• Titolo autorizzato: The road to 9
• ISBN: 1-282-35709-3; 9786612357091; 0-520-92994-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815713703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II