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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Peter Dale.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transparency (Ethics) in government--United States.

Transparency (Ethics) in government.

Privacy, Right of--United States.

Privacy, Right of.

United States.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Political aspects.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Political aspects.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Elite (Social sciences)--United States.

Elite (Social sciences).

National security--United States.

National security.

Political corruption--United States--History--20th century.

Political corruption.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 423 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Road to nine eleven

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]

Summary:

This is an ambitious, meticulous examination of how U.S. 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. 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.

Contents:

Preface. The America We Knew and Loved: Can It Be Saved? xi

1 Introduction: Wealth, Empire, Cabals, and the Public State 1

2 Nixon, Kissinger, and the Decline of the Public State 26

3 The Pivotal Presidency: Ford, Rumsfeld, and Cheney 50

4 Brzezinski, Oil, and Afghanistan 65

5 Carter's Surrender to the Rockefellers on Iran 80

6 Casey, the Republican Countersurprise, and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, 1980 93

7 Afghanistan and the Origins of al Qaeda 114

8 The Al-Kifah Center, al Qaeda, and the U.S. Government, 1988-98 138

9 The Pre-9/11 Cover-up of Ali Mohamed and al Qaeda 151

10 Al Qaeda and the U.S. Establishment 161

11 Parallel Structures and Plans for Continuity of Government 180

12 The 9/11 Commission Report and Vice President Cheney 194

13 The 9/11 Commission Report's and Cheney's Deceptions about 9/11 212

14 Cheney, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Continuity of Government 236

15 Conclusion: 9/11 and the Future of America 246.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-403) and index.

ISBN:

9780520237735

0520237730

OCLC:

124074947