Our most provocative scholar of American power reveals the forces behind the assassination of JFK--and their continuing influence over our world (David Talbot, Salon).
Wright Mills left off, shining a light on the dark labyrinth of power--a shadow world that has only grown more arrogant and wedded to.
Scott picks up where the pioneering C. --Toronto Star on Deep Politics and the Death of JFK Peter Dale Scott is our most provocative scholar of American power. --Library Journal on Deep Politics and the Death of JFK May well be the most thoughtful and serious-minded of the 2,500 titles on the subject published over the years. --Kirkus Reviews on Deep Politics and the Death of JFK Highly recommended.
A kind of Rosetta stone for cracking open the deepest darkness in American politics. . . .
Praise for Peter Dale Scott A] staggeringly well-researched and intelligent overview not only of the JFK assassination but also of the rise of forces undermining American democracy.
As timely and important as ever in the current chaotic political climate, Dallas \'63 is a reality-shattering, frightening expos not of those who govern us--but of those who govern those who govern us.
In this landmark volume, Scott traces how culpable elements in the CIA and FBI helped prepare for the assassination, and how the Deep State continues to influence our politics today.
Since the aftermath of World War II, the Deep state\'s power has grown unchecked, and nowhere has it been more apparent than that day at Dealey Plaza.
Peter Dale Scott calls this entity the Deep state, and he has made it his life\'s work to write the history of those who manipulate our government from the shadows.
This behind-the-scenes web is unelected, unaccountable, and immune to popular resistance.
Here lies the true power of the American empire.
Beneath the orderly fa ade of the American government, there lies a complex network, only partly structural, linking Wall Street influence, corrupt bureaucracy, and the military-industrial complex.
But no one could imagine how right they were.
These events led many to believe there was a far greater plan at work, with a secret cabal of powerful men manipulating the public and shaping US policies both at home and abroad for their own interests.
Shortly after, Oswald himself was killed.
Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
On November 22, 1963, President John F.
Our most provocative scholar of American power reveals the forces behind the assassination of JFK--and their continuing influence over our world (David Talbot, Salon)
