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The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11, and the Deep Politics of War Paperback – September 3, 2013

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Peter Dale 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 that were directed by presidents. This book explores the “deep politics” that exerts a profound but too-little-understood effect on national policy outside the control of traditional democratic processes.
An important analysis into the causes of war and the long-lasting effects that major events in American history can have on foreign and military policies, The War Conspiracy is a must-read book for students of American history and foreign policy, and anyone interested in the ways that domestic tragedies can be used to manipulate the country’s direction.
First published in 1972, this edition of The War Conspiracy is fully updated for the twenty-first century 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.
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“Undoubtedly one of the most important overviews to date of the subterranean reaches of the US intelligence machine in Southeast Asia.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Peter Dale Scott is one of that tiny and select company of the most brilliantly creative and provocative political-historical writers of the last half century.” (Roger Morris, author and former National Security Council staffer)

“Scott exposes an element in the American system of global power that poses an increasing threat to the victims of this system, the American people among them.” (Noam Chomsky)

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Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a poet and author who has published more than a dozen books and collections of poetry, many revolving around the self-coined concept of “deep politics.”

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse; 1st edition (September 3, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1626360952
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1626360952
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.14 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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Customers find the book well-researched and written. They appreciate the sound facts and detailed analysis of the military's behind-the-scenes machinery. The book provides thought-provoking insights into the behind-the-scene machinery.

"...it might have been written by Jesse Ventura, but it is actually a very detailed and meticulously foot-noted analysis of how the Military-Industrial..." Read more

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    5.0 out of 5 stars What was the Vietnam War started for and who did it benefit?
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    2e 2008, 2013 reprint. It covers SE Asia in 1950-70. The updates are in italics.

    This is about the motivation and planning for the Wars in Laos (1959-62), Vietnam (from 1954) and Cambodia. Other books may only discuss the military tactics. This can be traced back to the defeated Chinese government (KMT) supported by the USA who went into part of Burma and set up an opium industry to fund the guerrilla attacks on the PRC aided by the logistics capabilities of the CIA built out of the 14th Air Force now privatized in Tiawan. The Oil interest was in exploration drilling offshore to Cambodia and South Vietnam. In 1964 special forces and USS Maddox attempted to prevoke North Vietnam (DRV) but the response was faked to force the US Congress to sign a resolution for Pres. Johnson to invade S. Vietnam.

    Ch.1 covers the history of the CIA's Air America based in Taiwan which contradicted Truman's policy. The military and Wall Street's policy was a rolling back of communism ultimately invading the PRC across the southern border. In 1951 there was a failed invasion of Yunnan province. The CIA also supported insurgencies in Indonesia, Burma and Tibet after 1954.
    This chapter and the introduction is reproduced in Drugs, Oil and War (2003).

    Ch.2 Laos 1960-70
    In 1961 Pepsi Cola was discovered making the chief precursor of Heroin in S. Vietnam.
    Reproduced in Drugs, Oil and War.

    Ch.3 Tonkin Gulf Hoax 1964

    Ch..4 Provocations 1966-8
    Bombing of neutral ships in N. Vietnam (DRV).

    Ch.5 USS Pueblo (1968) provocation against DPRK (N. Korea).

    Ch.6 Cambodian Oil 1970.
    Reproduced in Drugs, Oil, and War.

    Ch.7 Laos 1971. provided one-third of world Heroin production.

    Ch.8 Opium and CIA.
    Reproduced in Drugs, Oil and War.

    Afterword, JFK vs. LBJ.
    JFK wanted to leave Vietnam and LBJ wanted to overthrow the S. Vietnam government by assassination and defeat the NLF opposition using the MACV as the occupation force.

    Kennedy assassination (1963) to continue the Vietnam war, the Cold War and covert military operations world-wide.

    Second Afterword. US Deep Events.
    Ali Mohamed was a CIA agent who planned the al-Qaeda attacks on the US embassies in Africa.

    Criticisims are a lack of maps and an incomplete index.
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