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.

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

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Political aspects.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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.

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

United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Other Title:

Road to nine eleven

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

First paperback printing 2008.

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

ISBN:

9786612357091

9781282357099

1282357093

9780520929944

0520929942

OCLC:

384525446