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



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Autore: Scott Peter Dale Visualizza persona
Titolo: The road to 9/11 [[electronic resource] ] : wealth, empire, and the future of America / / Peter Dale Scott Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35709-3
9786612357091
0-520-92994-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778475303321
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