The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
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Contents......Page 5
Introduction – Blank Is Beautiful: Three Decades of Erasing and Remaking the World......Page 9
Shock Therapy Comes Home......Page 17
Torture as Metaphor......Page 21
The Big Lie......Page 23
Part 1 – Two Doctor Shocks: Research and Development......Page 29
1  The Torture Lab: Ewen Cameron, the CIA and the Maniacal Quest to Erase and Remake the Human Mind......Page 31
In the Shock Shop......Page 35
The Quest for Blankness......Page 36
The Science of Fear......Page 44
The Failure to Reconstruct......Page 52
2  The Other Doctor Shock: Milton Friedman and the Search for a Laissez-Faire Laboratory......Page 55
The War against Developmentalism......Page 63
Lessons in Regime Change: Brazil and Indonesia......Page 72
Part 2 – The First Test: Birth Pangs......Page 79
3  States of Shock: The Bloody Birth of the Counterrevolution......Page 81
The Economic Front......Page 83
The Myth of the Chilean Miracle......Page 91
The Revolution Spreads, the People Vanish......Page 93
A Witness in Difficult Times......Page 100
The "War on Terror" Cover Story......Page 102
4  Cleaning the Slate: Terror Does Its Work......Page 104
Cleansing Cultures......Page 110
Who Was Killed—and Why......Page 112
Corporate-Sponsored Torture......Page 113
Torture as "Curing"......Page 117
"Normal" Children......Page 120
5  "Entirely Unrelated": How an Ideology Was Cleansed of Its Crimes......Page 122
The Blinders of "Human Rights"......Page 124
Ford on Ford......Page 127
Part 3 – Surviving Democracy: Bombs Made of Laws......Page 135
6  Saved by a War: Thatcherism and Its Useful Enemies......Page 137
War to the Rescue......Page 142
7  The New Doctor Shock: Economic Warfare Replaces Dictatorship......Page 148
8  Crisis Works: The Packaging of Shock Therapy......Page 161
Passing on Odious Debts......Page 162
The Debt Shock......Page 165
Part 4 – Lost in Transition: While We Wept, While We Trembled, While We Danced......Page 175
9  Slamming the Door on History: A Crisis in Poland, a Massacre in China......Page 177
The Shock of Power......Page 181
A Very Hesitant Embrace......Page 186
The Shock of Tiananmen Square......Page 190
10  Democracy Born in Chains: South Africa's Constricted Freedom......Page 200
The Shock of the Base......Page 216
Reparations in Reverse......Page 217
11  Bonfire of a Young Democracy: Russia Chooses "The Pinochet Option"......Page 224
When in Doubt, Blame Corruption......Page 245
12  The Capitalist Id: Russia and the New Era of the Boor Market......Page 252
"Statistical Malpractice" in Washington......Page 265
13  Let It Burn: The Looting of Asia and "The Fall of a Second Berlin Wall"......Page 269
The Reveal......Page 278
Feeding Off the Ruins......Page 279
Part 5 – Shocking Times: The Rise of the Disaster Capitalism Complex......Page 287
14  Shock Therapy in the U.S.A.: The Homeland Security Bubble......Page 289
Cheney and Rumsfeld: Proto-Disaster Capitalists......Page 294
September 11 and the Civil Service Comeback......Page 301
A Corporate New Deal......Page 304
A Market for Terrorism......Page 308
15  A Corporatist State: Removing the Revolving Door, Putting in an Archway......Page 314
The Power of the Formers......Page 322
Part 6 – Iraq, Full Circle: Overshock......Page 329
16  Erasing Iraq: In Search of a "Model" for the Middle East......Page 331
War as Mass Torture......Page 337
Fear Up......Page 339
Comfort Items......Page 341
17  Ideological Blowback: A Very Capitalist Disaster......Page 347
18  Full Circle: From Blank Slate to Scorched Earth......Page 366
Dismantling Democracy......Page 367
Body Shocks......Page 371
Failure: The New Face of Success......Page 380
Part 7 – The Movable Green Zone: Buffer Zones and Blast Walls......Page 389
19  Blanking the Beach: "The Second Tsunami"......Page 391
Before the Wave: Foiled Plans......Page 397
After the Wave: A Second Chance......Page 400
The Wider Wave......Page 405
Militarized Gentrification......Page 407
20  Disaster Apartheid: A World of Green Zones and Red Zones......Page 412
21  Losing the Peace Incentive: Israel as Warning......Page 429
No Conspiracies Required......Page 432
Israel and the Standing Disaster Apartheid State......Page 434
Conclusion – Shock Wears Off: The Rise of People's Reconstruction......Page 449
Introduction – Blank Is Beautiful: Three Decades of Erasing and Remaking the World......Page 473
1  The Torture Lab: Ewen Cameron, the CIA and the Maniacal Quest to Erase and Remake the Human Mind......Page 475
2  The Other Doctor Shock: Milton Friedman and the Search for a Laissez-Faire Laboratory......Page 479
3  States of Shock: The Bloody Birth of the Counterrevolution......Page 482
4  Cleaning the Slate: Terror Does Its Work......Page 485
5  "Entirely Unrelated": How an Ideology Was Cleansed of Its Crimes......Page 488
6  Saved by a War: Thatcherism and Its Useful Enemies......Page 489
7  The New Doctor Shock: Economic Warfare Replaces Dictatorship......Page 491
8  Crisis Works: The Packaging of Shock Therapy......Page 492
9  Slamming the Door on History: A Crisis in Poland, a Massacre in China......Page 495
10  Democracy Born in Chains: South Africa's Constricted Freedom......Page 497
11  Bonfire of a Young Democracy: Russia Chooses "The Pinochet Option"......Page 499
12  The Capitalist Id: Russia and the New Era of the Boor Market......Page 504
13  Let It Burn: The Looting of Asia and "The Fall of a Second Berlin Wall"......Page 505
14  Shock Therapy in the U.S.A.: The Homeland Security Bubble......Page 509
15  A Corporatist State: Removing the Revolving Door, Putting in an Archway......Page 512
16  Erasing Iraq: In Search of a "Model" for the Middle East......Page 514
17  Ideological Blowback: A Very Capitalist Disaster......Page 516
18  Full Circle: From Blank Slate to Scorched Earth......Page 519
19  Blanking the Beach: "The Second Tsunami"......Page 522
20  Disaster Apartheid: A World of Green Zones and Red Zones......Page 525
21  Losing the Peace Incentive: Israel as Warning......Page 527
Conclusion – Shock Wears Off: The Rise of People's Reconstruction......Page 530
Acknowledgments......Page 533
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About the Author......Page 565