What every American should know about who's really running the world :
Rossi, M. L. 1965-
What every American should know about who's really running the world : the people, corporations, and organizations that control our future / Melissa Rossi. - New York : Plume, 2005. - xiv, 432 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references p. ([403]-406)and index.
Briefing : the mighty right -- The Christian right : introducing the handmaiden's tale? -- The Bushes : Texan blue bloods -- Bush insiders : the vulcans -- The neocons : professional alarmists -- Briefing : how big pharma works -- FDA : a failed experiment? -- Pfizer : the hungry giant -- Monsanto : the revolutionary -- Briefing : spooks, sneaks, and snitches -- Post 9/11 world : securing the patriots -- Foreign intelligence : stirring up the world -- Wal-mart : the slave driver -- Credit card companies : the corporate loan sharks -- Public relations companies : the propagandists -- Rupert Murdoch : the mightiest media magnate -- Think tanks : questionable sources -- Council on Foreign Relations : powerful whispers -- George Soros : the meddler -- Rev. Sun Myung Moon : still rising -- Media matters : losing focus -- Briefing : defense manueverings -- DARPA : over the edge and into the present -- Lockheed-Martin : snoop 'n' shoot -- Halliburton : inside connections -- The Carlyle group : slippery arms -- Bechtel : the master builder -- Briefing : oil and water -- Oil : the beast -- The al-Saud : conflicts of interest -- OPEC : controlling natural riches -- Non OPEC oil producers : the outsiders -- Veolia and Suez : the new water barons -- North Korea : nuclear rogue -- Terrorists : aiding the government? -- Organized criminals : modern misfits.
0452286158
2005020886
Power (Social sciences)
Power (Social sciences)--United States.
Elite (Social sciences)--United States.
Conservatism--United States.
Pressure groups.
Corporations--Political activity.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
HN49.P6 / R67 2005
320.52/086/210973
What every American should know about who's really running the world : the people, corporations, and organizations that control our future / Melissa Rossi. - New York : Plume, 2005. - xiv, 432 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references p. ([403]-406)and index.
Briefing : the mighty right -- The Christian right : introducing the handmaiden's tale? -- The Bushes : Texan blue bloods -- Bush insiders : the vulcans -- The neocons : professional alarmists -- Briefing : how big pharma works -- FDA : a failed experiment? -- Pfizer : the hungry giant -- Monsanto : the revolutionary -- Briefing : spooks, sneaks, and snitches -- Post 9/11 world : securing the patriots -- Foreign intelligence : stirring up the world -- Wal-mart : the slave driver -- Credit card companies : the corporate loan sharks -- Public relations companies : the propagandists -- Rupert Murdoch : the mightiest media magnate -- Think tanks : questionable sources -- Council on Foreign Relations : powerful whispers -- George Soros : the meddler -- Rev. Sun Myung Moon : still rising -- Media matters : losing focus -- Briefing : defense manueverings -- DARPA : over the edge and into the present -- Lockheed-Martin : snoop 'n' shoot -- Halliburton : inside connections -- The Carlyle group : slippery arms -- Bechtel : the master builder -- Briefing : oil and water -- Oil : the beast -- The al-Saud : conflicts of interest -- OPEC : controlling natural riches -- Non OPEC oil producers : the outsiders -- Veolia and Suez : the new water barons -- North Korea : nuclear rogue -- Terrorists : aiding the government? -- Organized criminals : modern misfits.
0452286158
2005020886
Power (Social sciences)
Power (Social sciences)--United States.
Elite (Social sciences)--United States.
Conservatism--United States.
Pressure groups.
Corporations--Political activity.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
HN49.P6 / R67 2005
320.52/086/210973