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Oil, Power, Politics and Covert Operations

Author : William C. Lewis

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Page : 285 pages

File Size : 17,58 MB

Release : 2021-09-15

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From back cover: U.S. imperial war master power hungry politicians utilize intelligence agencies and military forces to go to war for, and invade nations to control, oil pipelines and Middle East NATO member Turkey shoots down Russian pilots. During the Cold War Russia backed Cuba against U.S. Empire and America went to war covertly with the Russian backed Cuban government, utilizing exile mercenary anti-Castro insurgent militias to attack the Castro government. The secret war cabal connected to arms manufacturers wanted JFK to escalate in Cuba with warplane bombing of Cuba as well as a marine invasion of this island nation just as this deep state was preparing to make Kennedy send 60,000 soldiers to Laos, but Kennedy's politics of de-escalation included attempting a formation of a coalition government featuring rightists, neutralists and communists in Laos. Just as independent Cuban leader Castro was a target of CIA covert mercenary warfare, so was Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who was attacked by NATO backed Arab militias because he wanted to trade for his oil in gold rather than the U.S. dollar. Table of Contents Chapter 1 The Destruction of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Afghanistan 4 Chapter 2 The Real Reasons for the Wars in Ukraine, Syria 23 Chapter 3 The Truth About the Bombing of Syria: The U.S. Empire is Going to Steal Syria's Oil 31 Chapter 4 The Death of the Russian Pilot at the Hands of Turkey 36 Chapter 5 The Geopolitical Empire of War 52 Chapter 6 The Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Central, America, Vietnam, JFK, Opium, Laos, Permanent, War, Debacle 76 Chapter 7 Donald Trump Conspiracy 99 Chapter 8 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu Exposed: First Indochina War Parachute Foiled French Conspiracy 113 Chapter 9 The Empire of Southeast Asian Imperialism Madame Nhu CIA Covert Assassination Complex 1960's Diem Coup Attempts 134 Chapter 10 The JFK-CIA Military Industrial Complex Cuban CIA-OSS JMWAVE Helicopter Engine Connection 169 Chapter 11 Lying About Withdrawing Troops: The Military Industrial Afghan Deception: Guatemala Philippine El Salvador Afghanistan Covert Operations Imperialism 203 Chapter 12 The Contra CIA War Master Secret Warfare Airplane Shoot-down Guerrilla Warfare Cartoon Booklet Conspiracy: Operation Elephant Herd 238 Chapter 13 The G. Gordon Liddy CIA OSS Gemstone Jack Anderson Project Mud Hen Pentagon Troop Invasion Watergate Surprise 270



Oil, Power, and War

Author : Matthieu Auzanneau

Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing

Page : 674 pages

File Size : 39,73 MB

Release : 2020-02-20

Category : History

ISBN : 1603589783

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The story of oil is one of hubris, fortune, betrayal, and destruction. It is the story of a resource that has been undeniably central to the creation of our modern culture, and ever-present during the darkest exploits of empire the world over. For the past 150 years, oil has become the most essential ingredient for economic, military, and political power. And it has brought us to our present moment in which political leaders and the fossil-fuel industry consider extraordinary, and extraordinarily dangerous, policy on a world stage marked by shifting power bases. Upending the conventional wisdom by crafting a “people’s history,” award-winning journalist Matthieu Auzanneau deftly traces how oil became a national and then global addiction, outlines the enormous consequences of that addiction, sheds new light on major historical and contemporary figures, and raises new questions about stories we thought we knew well: What really sparked the oil crises in the 1970s, the shift away from the gold standard at Bretton Woods, or even the financial crash of 2008? How has oil shaped the events that have defined our times: two world wars, the Cold War, the Great Depression, ongoing wars in the Middle East, the advent of neoliberalism, and the Great Recession, among them? With brutal clarity, Oil, Power, and War exposes the heavy hand oil has had in all of our lives—and illustrates how much heavier that hand could get during the increasingly desperate race to control the last of the world’s easily and cheaply extractable reserves.



Global Energy Politics

Author : Thijs Van de Graaf

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 42,11 MB

Release : 2020-05-07

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1509530517

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Ever since the Industrial Revolution energy has been a key driver of world politics. From the oil crises of the 1970s to today’s rapid expansion of renewable energy sources, every shift in global energy patterns has important repercussions for international relations. In this new book, Thijs Van de Graaf and Benjamin Sovacool uncover the intricate ways in which our energy systems have shaped global outcomes in four key areas of world politics: security, the economy, the environment and global justice. Moving beyond the narrow geopolitical focus that has dominated much of the discussion on global energy politics, they also deftly trace the connections between energy, environmental politics, and community activism. The authors argue that we are on the cusp of a global energy shift that promises to be no less transformative for the pursuit of wealth and power in world politics than the historical shifts from wood to coal and from coal to oil. This ongoing energy transformation will not only upend the global balance of power; it could also fundamentally transfer political authority away from the nation state, empowering citizens, regions and local communities. Global Energy Politics will be an essential resource for students of the social sciences grappling with the major energy issues of our times.



A Companion to U.S. Foreign Relations

Author : Christopher R. W. Dietrich

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 1180 pages

File Size : 46,69 MB

Release : 2020-03-04

Category : History

ISBN : 1119459400

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Covers the entire range of the history of U.S. foreign relations from the colonial period to the beginning of the 21st century. A Companion to U.S. Foreign Relations is an authoritative guide to past and present scholarship on the history of American diplomacy and foreign relations from its seventeenth century origins to the modern day. This two-volume reference work presents a collection of historiographical essays by prominent scholars. The essays explore three centuries of America’s global interactions and the ways U.S. foreign policies have been analyzed and interpreted over time. Scholars offer fresh perspectives on the history of U.S. foreign relations; analyze the causes, influences, and consequences of major foreign policy decisions; and address contemporary debates surrounding the practice of American power. The Companion covers a wide variety of methodologies, integrating political, military, economic, social and cultural history to explore the ideas and events that shaped U.S. diplomacy and foreign relations and continue to influence national identity. The essays discuss topics such as the links between U.S. foreign relations and the study of ideology, race, gender, and religion; Native American history, expansion, and imperialism; industrialization and modernization; domestic and international politics; and the United States’ role in decolonization, globalization, and the Cold War. A comprehensive approach to understanding the history, influences, and drivers of U.S. foreign relation, this indispensable resource: Examines significant foreign policy events and their subsequent interpretations Places key figures and policies in their historical, national, and international contexts Provides background on recent and current debates in U.S. foreign policy Explores the historiography and primary sources for each topic Covers the development of diverse themes and methodologies in histories of U.S. foreign policy Offering scholars, teachers, and students unmatched chronological breadth and analytical depth, A Companion to U.S. Foreign Relations: Colonial Era to the Present is an important contribution to scholarship on the history of America’s interactions with the world.



Power Politics

Author : Fouad Sabry

Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable

Page : 397 pages

File Size : 27,55 MB

Release : 2024-10-08

Category : Political Science

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Discover Power Politics, a critical addition to the Political Science series. This book explores political power dynamics, how power is gained, exercised, and its influence on governance and international relations. Suitable for professionals, students, and enthusiasts, it enhances your understanding of key political concepts and their real-world applications. 1: Power Politics: Defining power politics and its impact on political theory and practice. 2: Neorealism: Explore how states seek power and security in an anarchic global system. 3: Realpolitik: Focuses on pragmatic, strategic politics over ideological concerns. 4: International Relations: Power’s influence on nation interactions—cooperation or conflict. 5: Hard Power: Use of military and economic force to influence other states. 6: Power in IR: Examines political, economic, and military power dimensions. 7: National Security: Understand strategies to protect nations from external threats. 8: Proxy War: States using third parties in conflicts to achieve objectives. 9: Deterrence Theory: Prevent aggression via the potential for retaliatory force. 10: National Interest: How state interests drive foreign policy and behavior. 11: Fourth-Generation Warfare: Warfare with irregular tactics and non-state actors. 12: Collective Security: Maintaining peace through international cooperation. 13: Realism in IR: Power and national interest as drivers of international politics. 14: Cyberwarfare: Implications of cyber conflicts for national and global security. 15: Wolfowitz Doctrine: U.S. foreign policy strategy with global political impacts. 16: English School IR Theory: Focuses on international society, norms, and institutions. 17: Foreign Internal Defense: Strategies for stabilizing and defending nations from within. 18: Hybrid Warfare: Combines conventional and unconventional warfare tactics. 19: Chinese Information Warfare: China’s strategic use of information in conflicts. 20: International Trade & Security: Links between economic exchanges and state security. 21: Political Warfare: Political tactics aimed at influencing and undermining adversaries. Power Politics offers critical insights into these topics, making it a key resource for understanding modern political power. It equips readers with knowledge of today's power structures and international relations.



In the Name of Oil

Author : Ivan L. G. Pearson

Publisher : Apollo Books

Page : 284 pages

File Size : 19,29 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781845193881

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Using recently declassified documents, author Ivan Pearson argues that although the Suez Crisis was cataclysmic on many dimensions, it did not mark a precipitous turning point in Britain's ability to affect events in the Middle East decisively. Although Suez wholly undermined British prestige, and revealed severe shortcomings in its military capabilities, this work states that these losses were considerably offset by the increasing ability of British policymakers to influence the United States--a country with an emerging presence in the region. In the Name of Oil documents the frequent bureaucratic infighting between the administration, state department, and CIA on the American side, as well as the way in which the British took advantage of the blurred line between communism and Arab nationalism in the Middle East to mislead the U.S. into pursuing policies that would protect the cheap oil supplied by British-owned oil giants such as the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and the Iraq Petroleum Company.



Oil, Power, and Principle

Author : Mostafa Elm

Publisher : Syracuse University Press

Page : 444 pages

File Size : 21,41 MB

Release : 1994-12-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9780815626428

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This work deals with the oil crises of the 1950s, precipitated by Iran's decision to nationalise the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. The roots of the revolt against British imperialism are explored here, along with the long-term consequences of instability in the Middle East.



A Great Place to Have a War

Author : Joshua Kurlantzick

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 46,82 MB

Release : 2017-01-24

Category : History

ISBN : 1451667892

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The untold story of how America’s secret war in Laos in the 1960s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy. January, 1961: Laos, a tiny nation few Americans have heard of, is at risk of falling to communism and triggering a domino effect throughout Southeast Asia. This is what President Eisenhower believed when he approved the CIA’s Operation Momentum, creating an army of ethnic Hmong to fight communist forces there. Largely hidden from the American public—and most of Congress—Momentum became the largest CIA paramilitary operation in the history of the United States. The brutal war lasted more than a decade, left the ground littered with thousands of unexploded bombs, and changed the nature of the CIA forever. With “revelatory reporting” and “lucid prose” (The Economist), Kurlantzick provides the definitive account of the Laos war, focusing on the four key people who led the operation: the CIA operative whose idea it was, the Hmong general who led the proxy army in the field, the paramilitary specialist who trained the Hmong forces, and the State Department careerist who took control over the war as it grew. Using recently declassified records and extensive interviews, Kurlantzick shows for the first time how the CIA’s clandestine adventures in one small, Southeast Asian country became the template for how the United States has conducted war ever since—all the way to today’s war on terrorism.



Iraq and the Politics of Oil

Author : Gary Vogler

Publisher : University Press of Kansas

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 38,98 MB

Release : 2017-12-01

Category : History

ISBN : 0700625062

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Was the Iraq war really about oil? As a senior oil advisor for the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) and briefly as minister of oil, Gary Vogler thought he knew. But while doing research for a book about his experience in Iraq, Vogler discovered that what he knew was not the whole story—or even the true story. The Iraq war did have an oil agenda underlying it, one that Vogler had previously denied. This book is his attempt to set the record straight. Iraq and the Politics of Oil is a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the role of the US government in the Iraqi oil sector since 2003. Vogler describes the prewar oil planning and the important decisions made during hostilities to get Iraqi oil flowing several months ahead of schedule. He reveals how, amid the instability of 2006 (largely fueled by the arrogance of early US decisions), the fixing of the Bayji Refinery contributed significantly to the success of the oil sector in the Sunni part of northern Iraq during and after the surge. Vogler gives us an expert insider’s view of the largest oilfield auctions in the history of the international oil industry, and his account shows how US Forces’ focus on a single Iraqi point of failure in 2007 was a primary factor in the record productions and exports of 2012 through 2017. But under the successes so deftly chronicled here, a darker political narrative finally emerges, one that reaches back to the decision to go to war with Iraq. Uncovering it, Vogler revises our understanding of what we were doing in Iraq, even as he gives us a critical, close-up view of that fraught enterprise.



A Calculus of Power

Author : Peter Gowan

Publisher : Verso Books

Page : 348 pages

File Size : 31,86 MB

Release : 2020-05-05

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1789601118

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In this wide-ranging and incisive collection, Peter Gowan traces the contours of the world order that emerged after the end of the Cold War and assesses its prospects in the light of the global economic downturn. Arguing that the present inter-state system was shaped from the outset by Washington's drive to maintain its status as global hegemon, Gowan dissects several cherished myths of the liberal mainstream, offering a radical counter-history of the UN and a sharp critique of the West's interventions in the Balkans. He provides a forceful response to advocates of a new cosmopolitanism, and engages with neo-realist theories of international relations-asking whether the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in a crisis for their visions of American power, and discussing what the lineaments of a future order might be. Closing with an interview conducted just before his death which discusses his life's work, A Calculus of Power is a penetrating look at contemporary world politics by one of the most renowned thinkers of the New Left.