The politics of empire : the US, Israel and the Middle East / James Petras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petras, James F., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Israel.

United States.

International relations.

Israel.

Israel--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

Middle East.

Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--2009-.

Zionism--United States.

Zionism.

Physical Description:

196 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Ga. : Clarity Press, Inc., 2014.

Summary:

Petras highlights how the domestic foundations of empire building have deteriorated and forced the imperial presidency to modify its approach, seeking diplomatic negotiations over new military interventions, specifically in the cases of Syria and Iran. Imperial politics is viewed as a multi-sided power struggle between military and economic elites, Israel and the Zionist power configuration, overseas resistance movements and nationalist regimes, and the US public. The resolution of this power struggle is more than an academic question; it will determine whether the US will become a full blown police state, ruled by the pawns of a racist-colonial state engaged in endless wars or return to its roots as an independent democratic republic "free of foreign entanglements". This book provides a unique conception o! US empire building, linking overseas expansion 10: the growth of a police state and declining living standards; advanced technologically driven global spying on adversaries and allies; declining economic competitiveness and military defeats; large scale, long term military and economic commitments to Middle East wars benefiting Israel to the detriment of corporate interests; and, the power of Israel, a foreign state, over US policy via its domestic pro-Zionist power configuration. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Overview: The State of the Empire 9

The Changing Contours of US Imperial Intervention in World Conflicts 11

The Obama Regime's Military Metaphysics Rejects Diplomatic Opportunities 22

The Decline of the US (and Everyone Else) 31

Part II Cyber-Imperialism 39

The Logic Behind Mass Spying: Empire and Cyber-Imperialism 41

The Deeper Meaning of Mass Spying in America 48

Part III Police State: Domestic Foundation of Empire 53

Fabricating Terror Conspiracies 55

The Rise of the Police State and the Absence of Mass Opposition 61

Presidential Rule by Deception: The Master Con-Man 68

The Two Faces of the Police State: Sheltering Tax Evaders, Financial Swindlers and Money Launderers While Policing the Citizens 78

Part IV The Power of Israel in the United States 83

Israel Buys the US Congress: Sabotaging the US-Iran Peace Negotiations 85

Obama with Israel and Against the World 95

Fifteen Minutes an American President 102

Israel's Willing Executioners: AIPAC Invades Washington 112

The Great Transformation of American Jewish Charities 122

Part V Imperial and Zionist Wars and Terror in the Middle East: Palestine, Iran, Syria and Yemen 129

Israeli Terror: The "Final Solution" to the Palestinian Question 131

Obama at the General Assembly: Sacrificing Palestine for Campaign Funds 139

Israeli Bombers: Al Qaeda's Air Force 144

The Bloody Road to Damascus: The Triple Alliance's War on a Sovereign State 151

Saudi Arabia: A Retrograde Rentier Dictatorship and Global Terrorism 156

Iran-US Interim Agreement: Historic Breakthrough or Historic Sellout? 162

The Assassination of Anwar Al Awlaki by Fiat 170

Oligarchs, Demagogues and Mass Revolts... Against Democracy 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780986073106

0986073105

OCLC:

869589421