Peter Dale Scott examines the many ways in which war policy has been driven by OC accidentsOCO and other events in the field, in some cases despite moves toward peace that were directed by presidents. This book explores the OC deep politicsOCO that exerts a profound but too-little-understood effect on national policy outside the control of traditional democratic processes.
An important analysis into the causes of war and the long-lasting effects that major events in American history can have on foreign and military policies, "The War Conspiracy" is a must-read book for students of American history and foreign policy, and anyone interested in the ways that domestic tragedies can be used to manipulate the countryOCOs direction.
First published in 1972, this edition of "The War Conspiracy" is fully updated for the twenty-first century and includes two lengthy additional essays, one on the transition in Vietnam policy in the wake of the Kennedy assassination, and the other discussing the many parallels between that 1963 event and the attacks of 9/11."