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The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy (War and Peace Library) Hardcover – October 30, 2014

by Peter Dale Scott (Author)
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This provocative book makes a compelling case for a hidden “deep state” that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott begins by tracing America’s increasing militarization, restrictions on constitutional rights, and income disparity since the Vietnam War. He argues that a significant role in this historic reversal was the intervention of a series of structural deep events, ranging from the assassination of President Kennedy to 9/11. He does not attempt to resolve the controversies surrounding these events, but he shows their significant points in common, ranging from overlapping personnel and modes of operation to shared sources of funding. Behind all of these commonalities is what Scott calls the deep state: a second order of government, behind the public or constitutional state, that has grown considerably stronger since World War II. He marshals convincing evidence that the deep state is partly institutionalized in non-accountable intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA, but it also includes private corporations like Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC, to which 70 percent of intelligence budgets are outsourced. Behind these public and private institutions is the traditional influence of Wall Street bankers and lawyers, allied with international oil companies beyond the reach of domestic law. With the importance of Gulf states like Saudi Arabia to oil markets, American defense companies, and Wall Street itself, this essential book shows that there is now a supranational deep state, sometimes demonstrably opposed to both White House policies and the American public interest.
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  1. Print length
    336 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  4. Publication date
    October 30, 2014
  5. Dimensions
    6.27 x 0.96 x 9.3 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1442214244
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1442214248
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  • drronna
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Intellectual Triumph
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2014
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    Dr. Scott's latest book on the deep state, (the hidden system that actually runs the government) is an outstanding, unparalelled analysis of our broken political system. Meticulously researched and well structured, this book is for everyone who wants to understand how the government is really run and who the major powers actually are. We hear about the "military industrial complex" and the NSA, CIA, and Wall Street. But how are they all related? What does Big Oil have to do with any of this? Scott weaves together an understanding of what is happening in today's world like no other scholar. (There are one hundred pages of notes as well as an extensive index.) Yet Scott is not a complete pessimist about his findings. "The study of history is one of the most effective ways to avoid repeating it." The Epilogue is a poem by Scott, "Greek Theatre: Mario Savio and the Socratic Quest," a magnificent ending to this intellectual triumph.
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  • A N O N Y M O U $ E
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Important Scholarly Book You Can Read Right Now
    Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2015
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    One of the most important books in current American history. Everyone who wants to know what's really going on in the country will find many unnerving answers here. Heavily sourced and annotated, this book is full of facts about the unelected Continuance of Government group and the deep state political apparatus that runs the country below the outward elected political leadership. Some content is drier than it needs to be, as if to preemptively dismiss accusations of hyperbole, and some of the book is a hard slog. But the actual primary content is well under 200 pages -- as I said, it is heavily sourced and annotated and documented in appendixes that run for almost as long as the original chapter's content. A must read during this worrisome times.
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  • Joe Segal
    4.0 out of 5 stars ... been so reluctant to draw before - for readers like myself who may have felt a little frustrated by ...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2014
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    This book ties together many lines of inquiry that will be familiar to readers of Peter Dale Scott's other books and finally acknowledges the natural conclusions that Scott had been so reluctant to draw before - for readers like myself who may have felt a little frustrated by Scott's past hesitation to admit the darkest implications of the history he examines, the American Deep State finally advances the arguments to a place that brings a real feeling of relief and satisfaction.
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  • Peter T. Knight, PhD
    3.0 out of 5 stars Kindle edition is faulty, lacking links to footnotes and external web pages
    Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2015
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    I'm reading the Kindle edition. Like the book, but there are no links between footnote numbers and the footnotes, and many links to webpages in the notes are not live. Sloppy "translation" from print to Kindle version of this important book. I'll comment later on the substance, but I hope the corrections will be made. One of the benefits of an electronic book is easy access to the (hundreds of) footnotes without having to flip pages, and direct access via a click to links with external webpage references, whether in text, notes, or bibliografies.
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  • anarchteacher
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Examination of the Deep State
    Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2016
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    Peter Dale Scott is the most important political analyst of the deep state. His incisive examination of causal relationships regarding the nature and scope of political power, who has it and how it is exercised, is crucial to understanding the nexus between the deep state and organized crime, the critical examination of the sub-rosa reality behind surface events, an attempt to unmask the true face of power, exposing the elite social, economic, and financial groups and individuals who benefit from the exercise of State coercion.
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  • PsyOps
    5.0 out of 5 stars There are not that many thoroughly researched and footnoted poets out there.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2015
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    All of you trying to understand what happens in Syria and Paris today, read this one. The scope is vast and detailed and only a scholar who have studied the shadow side of american politics for over a half of a century can do this, write a book for everyone to grasp and understand.

    There are not that many thoroughly researched and footnoted poets out there.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Critical reading for policy makers and critics alike
    Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2016
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    Peter Dale Scott has a profound contextual knowledge about the history of our intelligence services. He explains in detail how the systems function. He also shows how they fund themselves. If you haven't read his work you should.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Well written and interesting...read at your own risk.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2017
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    Informative reading and eerily accurate. I find people are either intrigued enough to look beyond the superficial or they live happily in the controlled state of corporate and government run media.
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  • J. Beach
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2016
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    You'd be hard pressed to find a more bias-free and exhaustively researched look behind the curtain. Read with caution.
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    3.0 out of 5 stars Science politique
    Reviewed in France on May 7, 2017
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    Une réflexion que tout enseignant et tout étudiant en sciences politiques devrait connaître. Je crains qu'on soit loin du compte.
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  • Christian Schmeiser
    5.0 out of 5 stars Pflichtlektüre
    Reviewed in Germany on January 7, 2015
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    Ein ganz wichtiges Buch ! Peter Dale Scott legt seine Forschungen über tiefenpolitische Vorgänge in der US-amerikanischen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts vor (z.B. der unaufgeklärte Mord an John F. Kennedy, Watergate, Iran-Kontra-Affäre, "continuity of government", 9/11 etc.). Tiefenpolitische Vorgänge werden partiell bis ins frühe 20. Jahrhundert transparent. Besonders spannend : Die verschiedenen Anläufe zu "continuity of government", die es offenbar im 20. Jahrhundert gab (kurz nach dem ersten Weltkrieg, in den frühen 60ern, in den frühen 70ern und vor allem in den 80ern unter der Reagan-Administration ! ). Scott ist der einzige mir bekannte Autor, der Forschungen zur Einrichtung der "continuity of government" in den 80ern unter Donald Rumsfeld/ Richard Cheney u.a. publiziert hat. Im Kontext eines "Ausnahmezustands" (z.B. nuklearer Angriff auf die USA) sollen die "continuity of government"-Strukturen den Fortbestand der staatlichen Strukturen ermöglichen (indem beispielsweise eine "Ersatzregierung" in einem atombombensicheren Bunker im Raum Washington DC die Regierungsgeschäfte weiterführt). Die "continuity of government" - Strukturen traten erstmals am 11.9.2001 "in Kraft" und spielen mutmaßlich bis heute in dem "verdeckten Ausnahmezustand" der USA eine Rolle. Man darf hoffen, dass dazu noch weitere politikwissenschaftliche und historische Forschungen veröffentlicht werden ! Warum gibt es die Bücher von Peter Dale Scott (mit einer Ausnahme !) eigentlich nicht in einer deutschen Übersetzung ?
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  • Cliff McKay
    3.0 out of 5 stars Yet another (plausible) conspiracy theory.
    Reviewed in Canada on March 12, 2015
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    His books all sound pretty much the same; read one, you have more or less read them all. That overall assessment is probably not entirely fair; the author has put a lot of work into his investigations and each book probably emphasizes different aspects of his overall conspiracy theory. For sure, just about anyone can appreciate a good conspiracy theory now and then, but surely the assassination of JFK has been explored exhaustively, and, among books about American politics, food, advertising, and climate change, there are an awful lot of conspiracy theories out there, too many to comprehend. I wonder if anyone has ever written a book about what distinguishes a good conspiracy theory-- such as some of the ones on the above topics-- from the really whacko ones, say, against evolution, denial of the moon landing, or planoterrestrialism. Camille Paglia, here is a topic begging your brilliant attention!
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