{"product_id":"the-american-deep-state-wall-street-big-oil-and-the-attack-on-us-democracy-war-and-peace-library-9781442214248","title":"The American Deep State: Wall Street  Big Oil  and the Attack on U.S. Democracy (War and Peace Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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 Americas 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280066306101,"sku":"ByrdShop_1442214244","price":93.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781442214248.jpg?v=1780618981","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-american-deep-state-wall-street-big-oil-and-the-attack-on-us-democracy-war-and-peace-library-9781442214248","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}