War and Empire: The American Way of Life

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Preface......Page 13
1. Introduction: American Ideology versus American Realities......Page 18
2. By the Sword We Seek Peace......Page 34
MICROBES: THE ALLY OF RAPE, TORTURE AND CONQUEST?......Page 35
SPANIARDS DISCOVER CIVILIZATIONS FAR MORE ADVANCED THAN THEIR OWN – EXCEPT FOR ‘GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL’......Page 39
FACED WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISRUPTION AT HOME, THE BRITISH JOIN THE GAME OF EMPIRE......Page 43
THE VIRGIN QUEEN’S COLONY......Page 47
A BLOOD-SOAKED CITY ON A HILL......Page 51
PROPERTY AND PROFIT AS THE SIGN OF GOD’S FAVOR......Page 53
THE ‘SPAWN OF SATAN’......Page 55
THE FIRST ALL-OUT WAR......Page 56
THE FIRST GLOBAL WAR PREFIGURES MORE GLOBAL WAR......Page 60
AMERICANS WHO WANTED WAR NOW REFUSE TO PAY FOR IT......Page 66
THOSE WHO MADE THE GREATEST SACRIFICES ARE BETRAYED......Page 69
THE NEW AMERICAN ELITE TAXES AND FORECLOSES ON THOSE WITHOUTREPRESENTATION......Page 71
CREATING AN ENEMY TO THWART THE BILL OF RIGHTS......Page 76
MANY TRAILS OF TEARS......Page 79
LAND HUNGER PROVOKES AN UNNECESSARY WAR......Page 81
LAYING CLAIM TO THE HEMISPHERE......Page 83
‘ANGLO-SAXONISM’ AND THE MARCH TO THE PACIFIC......Page 86
TO THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA......Page 88
NOT FIGHTING TO FREE SLAVES......Page 92
THE COMPROMISE OF 1877: SELLING THE FREEDMEN OUT......Page 95
MASSACRES IN THE WEST......Page 96
INDUSTRIALISM RENEWED AND THE ASCENSION OF FINANCE......Page 98
CYCLES OF BOOM AND BUST PRODUCE POLITICAL INSTABILITY......Page 100
CLASS WAR INTENSIFIES......Page 101
TO CONTAIN THE REVOLT OF THE MASSES AND RESTORE PROFITABILITY, THE PLUTOCRATS OPT FOR EMPIRE......Page 103
THE MONROE DOCTRINE ENFORCED......Page 106
THE IDEOLOGY OF EXPANSION......Page 108
AS A PRETEXT FOR WAR, SPAIN IS DECLARED A THREAT TO AMERICAN SECURITY......Page 114
THE PRESS REVEALS ITS RACISM AND LUST FOR EMPIRE......Page 117
CUBANS ON VERGE OF WINNING INDEPENDENCE ON THEIR OWN ALARM WASHINGTON......Page 118
7. World War I: Making the World Safe for American Capital Investment......Page 121
GERMANY’S POTENTIAL DOMINANCE IN EUROPE A THREAT TO THEOPEN DOOR......Page 123
THE STANDARD INTERPRETATION OF AMERICAN ENTRY IS SUPERFICIAL......Page 124
BRITAIN VIOLATES AMERICAN NEUTRALITY BUT WILSON DOES NOTHING......Page 127
THOUGH ITS BLOCKADE DAMAGES THE AMERICAN ECONOMY THE HOUSE OF MORGAN INVESTS IN BRITAIN......Page 128
WILSON’S NEUTRALITY A CHARADE......Page 129
WILSON POSITIONS HIMSELF TO BE GLOBAL MESSIAH......Page 131
BOLSHEVIKS TAKE RUSSIA OUT OF THE WAR AND POSE A NEW THREAT TOTHE OPEN DOOR......Page 133
AMERICAN ENTRY TIPS THE BALANCE THOUGH GERMANY IS NOT MILITARILY DEFEATED......Page 134
WILSON’S PEACE PLAN FAILS BUT THE US BECOMES THE GLOBAL FINANCE CAPITAL......Page 136
A WORLD MADE SAFE ONLY FOR MORE WAR......Page 138
8. Pearl Harbor: The Spark but not the Cause......Page 141
DAY OF INFAMY – OR DECEPTION?......Page 143
JAPAN’S EMPIRE THREATENS WESTERN COLONIALISM......Page 144
ADMIRAL RICHARDSON WARNS FDR THAT HIS MEASURES THREATEN WAR......Page 145
AMERICAN MILITARY OFFICIALS LONG UNDERSTOOD THAT PEARL HARBOR WAS VULNERABLE TO SURPRISE ATTACK......Page 146
ELECTRONIC INTERCEPTS AND RADIO DIRECTION FINDERS INDICATE JAPAN’S INTENT......Page 147
PHILIPPINES LEFT VULNERABLE BY GENERAL MACARTHUR......Page 150
NEITHER GERMANY NOR JAPAN CAPABLE OF ATTACKING THE CONTINENTAL US......Page 151
IF THE AXIS POSED NO MILITARY THREAT TO THE US WHAT WAS THE REAL WORRY?......Page 155
AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST: NOT RESCUING JEWS......Page 160
THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS: TO SAVE LIVES OR TO INTIMIDATE COMMUNISTS?......Page 162
DOWNFALL......Page 164
9. Cold War: The Clash of Ideology or of Empires?......Page 168
SOVIETS INDISPENSABLE TO DEFEAT OF HITLER......Page 169
YESTERDAY’S ESSENTIAL ALLY BECOMES THE NEW THREAT......Page 171
SOVIETS WITHDRAW VOLUNTARILY FROM CONQUERED AREAS......Page 174
CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM VIE FOR THE LOYALTIES OFTHE DEFEATED EMPIRES’ COLONIES......Page 176
THE THREAT OF A CLOSED WORLD REMAINS: GERMANY BECOMES A NEW AXIS......Page 178
CONTROL OF OIL BECOMES THE LINCHPIN OF AMERICAN POLICY......Page 180
THE ‘MARTIAL PLAN’......Page 182
THE FUTURE OF GERMANY FURTHER POLARIZES THE COLD WAR......Page 185
BUILDING THE PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY......Page 186
LOSING CHINA TO THE CHINESE......Page 188
10. Cold War/Hot War: Savage Wars of Peace?......Page 191
CREATING THE WARFARE STATE......Page 192
KOREA......Page 195
VIETNAM......Page 205
THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE COLD WAR......Page 217
A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY?......Page 232
GIVING THE SOVIET UNION ITS VIETNAM WAR......Page 233
TERRORISTS AS ‘FREEDOM FIGHTERS’......Page 235
TERRORIZING IRAQI CIVILIANS......Page 236
ABANDONING AFGHANISTAN TO WARLORDS AND THE RISE OF THE TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA......Page 237
DEMONIZING IRAQ FOR THE EVENTS OF 9/11 TO FOSTER HYSTERIA AT HOME......Page 238
THE REAL REASONS THE US INVADED IRAQ......Page 240
THE PRIZE......Page 241
CO-OPTING THE RUSSIAN AND CHINESE BACKYARDS......Page 242
12. Conclusion......Page 246
Notes......Page 257
Bibliography......Page 274
Index......Page 282