The Road to 9/11 - Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America

Informationen zum Autor Peter Dale Scott is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California! Berkeley! and is the author of Cocaine Politics: Drugs! Armies! and the CIA in Central America (1993) and Deep Politics and the Death of JFK (1996)! both from UC Press. Klappentext 99133054 Zusammenfassung Examines how US foreign policy since the 1960s has led to partial or total cover-ups of past domestic criminal acts, including, perhaps, the catastrophe of 9/11. This book probes how the policies of presidents since Nixon have augmented the tangled bases for the 2001 terrorist attack. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Countersurprise! and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International! 1980 7 Afghanistan and the Origins of al Qaeda 8 Al-Kifah! 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 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 Notes Glossary of Open Politics Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Peter Dale Scott, Scott Peter Dale
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780520258716
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25871-6
• No. of pages: 449
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, Stationery and miscellaneous items, Miscellaneous items