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The road to 9/11 : wealth, empire, and the future of America

Title
The road to 9/11 : wealth, empire, and the future of America / Peter Dale Scott.
Author
Scott, Peter Dale.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Description
xvii, 423 pages; 24 cm
Alternative Title
Road to nine eleven
Subject
  • Transparency in government > United States
  • Privacy, Right of > United States
  • War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 > Political aspects
  • September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Political aspects
  • Democracy > United States
  • Elite (Social sciences) > United States
  • National security > United States
  • Political corruption > United States > History > 20th century
  • United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
  • United States > Politics and government > 1989-
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-403) and index.
Contents
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. 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.
ISBN
  • 9780520237735 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520237730 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC
  • 124074947
  • SCSB-5357419
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries