Reflections on the ‘cult of the offensive’: pre-emptive war, the Israel lobby and US military Doctrine In our book, Spies, Lies and the War on Terror,(1) a central theme is the ascendancy of pre-emptive war doctrine in US military strategy and its impact on public perceptions and the construction of political narrative. A parallel and […]
[…] did one every really leave it? I had been active in the anti-war movement. In the days of Richard Nixon, that could spell trouble. There was the coup in Chile and the murder of Allende. After Nixon’s fall, the national security state perpetuated itself under Henry Kissinger, who stayed on under Gerald Ford as […]
[…] no run-of-the-mill intelligence officer. His father-in-law was Alexander Gorkin, Chairman of the Soviet Supreme Court. It is also believed that Ivanov played a prominent role in Nasser’s coup in Egypt. According to Nigel West (15) he had been identified by ‘D’ branch as an intelligence officer when he first arrived in London on the […]
[…] Young is omitted, the Monday Club gets half a line; and so forth. Reading Campbell’s book you would never know, for example, that the The Times was seriously discussing the conditions for a military coup in the UK in 1974. In omitting all this parapolitical material Campbell is guilty either of incompetence or of falsification.
The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein, (Penguin 2007) X Films: true confessions of a radical filmmaker Alex Cox, London and New York: I. B. Tauris, 2008 Managing Britannia: Culture and Management in Modern Britain Robert Protherough and John Pick, imprint-academic.com, ISBN 978-097645539 Guns for Hire Tony Geraghty, Piatkus, 2008 A Peoples History of American Empire: a … Read more
[…] American right-wingers). Both the British and smaller U.S. money markets had poured a lot of money into investments in Russia in the 30 years before the Bolshevik coup. It would hardly be a surprise to find all the major money-lenders of Europe, a few of whom were Jews, in there, as well. When the […]
[…] to their owners some, particularly ‘celebrities’, are acquiring status through their religious choices. This can endorse the religion they favour. (It would have been a considerable coup and much more besides if Princess Diana had abandoned the Anglican Church for the Roman one, as, shortly before her death, it was rumoured.) […]
[…] at gun-point, imposed by the US-dominated IMF on developing countries with the ever-present threat of political action – from economic sanctions, through CIA subversion up to full-blown coup – in the background. They have to be imposed by force because they are simply schemes whereby the imperialist powers (until recently usually America) extract wealth […]
2. Freedom and the Security Services – a Labour Party Discussion Document (£1.50 plus postage from The Labour Party, 150 Walworth Road, London, SE17 1JT) With this the Labour Party has taken a significant step towards the public recognition that, as far as the spook industry is concerned, the view of this society long held … Read more
[…] leader!), who was increasingly out of touch with reality. The final proof was during the abdication crisis when Mosley confidently expected Edward VIII to stage a constitutional coup, dissolving Parliament and installing him as Prime Minister. The call never came, although there were a few in Establishment circles who were worried that the King […]
