The Politics of Empire: The US, Israel and the Middle East

by James F. Petras

This book provides a unique conception of US empire building, linking overseas expansion with 1) the growth of a police state and declining living standards; 2) advanced technologically driven global spying on adversaries and allies with declining economic competitiveness and military defeats; 3) large scale, long term commitments of economic and military resources to wars in the Middle East to the detriment of major corporate interests, but for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0986073105
• ISBN13: 9780986073106
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Clarity Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"