Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780980121360 ISBN: 0980121361 Label: The Mary Ferrell Foundation Manufacturer: The Mary Ferrell Foundation Number Of Pages: 436 Publication Date: July 28, 2008 Publisher: The Mary Ferrell Foundation Release Date: July 28, 2008 Sales Rank: 255202 Studio: The Mary Ferrell Foundation
Product DescriptionFirst published in 1972, this edition of THE WAR CONSPIRACY is fully updated for 2008, and includes two lengthy additional essays, one on the transition in Vietnam policy in the wake of the Kennedy assassination, and the other discussing the many parallels between that 1963 event and the attacks of 9/11/01. Scott examines the many ways in which war policy has been driven by 'accidents' and other events in the field, in some cases despite moves toward peace being directed by presidents. This book explores the 'deep politics' which exerts a profound but too-little understood effect on national policy outside the control of traditional democratic processes.
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Unfortunately, it seems that Peter Dale Scott has been overlooked by the anti-war community, as it has chosen to champion a less discerning Noam Chomsky, among others. For most of his career Scott's work has seen relatively limited readership and exposure due to his unpopular (in academia) examination of conspiracy theories. That while most are writing books on the origins and selling of the Iraq war Scott was instead penning his erudite The Road to 9/11 is an excellent example of this process in ... Read More
