The American Deep State: Big Money, Big Oil, and the Struggle for U.S. DemocracyNow in a new edition updated through the unprecedented 2016 presidential election, this provocative book makes a compelling case for a hidden “deep state” that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott begins by tracing America’s increasing militarization, restrictions on constitutional rights, and income disparity since World War II. With the start of the Cold War, he argues, the U.S. government changed immensely in both function and scope, from protecting and nurturing a relatively isolated country to assuming ever-greater responsibility for controlling world politics in the name of freedom and democracy. This has resulted in both secretive new institutions and a slow but radical change in the American state itself. He argues that central to this historic reversal were seismic national events, ranging from the assassination of President Kennedy to 9/11. Scott marshals compelling evidence that the deep state is now partly institutionalized in non-accountable intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA, but it also extends its reach to private corporations like Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC, to which 70 percent of intelligence budgets are outsourced. Behind these public and private institutions is the influence of Wall Street bankers and lawyers, allied with international oil companies beyond the reach of domestic law. Undoubtedly the political consensus about America’s global role has evolved, but if we want to restore the country’s traditional constitutional framework, it is important to see the role of particular cabals—such as the Project for the New American Century—and how they have repeatedly used the secret powers and network of Continuity of Government (COG) planning to implement change. Yet the author sees the deep state polarized between an establishment and a counter-establishment in a chaotic situation that may actually prove more hopeful for U.S. democracy. |
Contents
The Doomsday Project Deep Events and the Shrinking of American Democracy | 1 |
The Deep State the Wall Street Overworld and Big Oil | 11 |
The Doomsday Project | 31 |
The Falsified War on Terror | 43 |
The Falsified War on Terror II | 57 |
Deep State Uses and Protection of alQaeda Terrorists | 67 |
The US Terror War | 81 |
Deep Power Takes Its Toll on US Presidents 19611980 | 101 |
Americas Unchecked Security State | 135 |
Americas Unchecked Security State and Lawlessness | 151 |
Why Americans Must End Americas SelfGenerating Wars | 167 |
Greek Theater | 183 |
Notes | 191 |
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Permissions | 283 |
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The Doomsday Project and Deep Events | 109 |
The American Deep State Deep Events and OfftheBooks Financing | 121 |
About the Author | 319 |
Other editions - View all
The American Deep State: Big Money, Big Oil, and the Struggle for U.S. Democracy Peter Dale Scott No preview available - 2017 |
The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy Peter Dale Scott No preview available - 2015 |
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