The plot to scapegoat Russia : how the CIA and the Deep State have conspired to vilify Russia / Dan Kovalik ; introduction by David Talbot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., ©2017Description: xxiii, 195 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 978151030328
  • 9781510730335
  • 151073032X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 324.9730932
LOC classification:
  • JZ 1616 .A5 2017
Contents:
1 Cold War kid -- 2 The new Cold War (not) the same as the old one -- 3 Back in the USSR -- 4 Our killers and theirs -- 5 The US draws first blood -- 6 Our prayers are answered, but still peace has not come -- 7 Clinton meddles in Russia with disastrous consequences -- 8 "Our backyard" -- 9 Bill Clinton and "humanitarian intervention" -- 10 Hillary and the Honduran coup -- 11 The US expands as Russia contracts : Broken promises and humiliation -- 12 Unleashing terror to win the Cold War -- 13 The real attack on US democracy -- 14 Give peace a chance.
Summary: "An in-depth look at the decades-long effort to escalate hostilities with Russia and what it portends for the future. Since 1945, the US has justified numerous wars, interventions, and military build-ups based on the pretext of the Russian Red Menace, even after the Soviet Union collapsed at the end of 1991 and Russia stopped being Red. In fact, the two biggest post-war American conflicts, the Korean and Vietnam wars, were not, as has been frequently claimed, about stopping Soviet aggression or even influence, but about maintaining old colonial relationships. Similarly, many lesser interventions and conflicts, such as those in Latin America, were also based upon an alleged Soviet threat, which was greatly overblown or nonexistent. And now the specter of a Russian Menace has been raised again in the wake of Donald Trump’s election. The Plot to Scapegoat Russia examines the recent proliferation of stories, usually sourced from American state actors, blaming and manipulating the threat of Russia, and the long history of which this episode is but the latest chapter. It will show readers two key things: (1) the ways in which the United States has needlessly provoked Russia, especially after the collapse of the USSR, thereby squandering hopes for peace and cooperation; and (2) how Americans have lost out from this missed opportunity, and from decades of conflicts based upon false premises. These revelations, amongst others, make The Plot to Scapegoat Russia one of the timeliest reads of 2017." - From online.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-199).

1 Cold War kid -- 2 The new Cold War (not) the same as the old one -- 3 Back in the USSR -- 4 Our killers and theirs -- 5 The US draws first blood -- 6 Our prayers are answered, but still peace has not come -- 7 Clinton meddles in Russia with disastrous consequences -- 8 "Our backyard" -- 9 Bill Clinton and "humanitarian intervention" -- 10 Hillary and the Honduran coup -- 11 The US expands as Russia contracts : Broken promises and humiliation -- 12 Unleashing terror to win the Cold War -- 13 The real attack on US democracy -- 14 Give peace a chance.

"An in-depth look at the decades-long effort to escalate hostilities with Russia and what it portends for the future. Since 1945, the US has justified numerous wars, interventions, and military build-ups based on the pretext of the Russian Red Menace, even after the Soviet Union collapsed at the end of 1991 and Russia stopped being Red. In fact, the two biggest post-war American conflicts, the Korean and Vietnam wars, were not, as has been frequently claimed, about stopping Soviet aggression or even influence, but about maintaining old colonial relationships. Similarly, many lesser interventions and conflicts, such as those in Latin America, were also based upon an alleged Soviet threat, which was greatly overblown or nonexistent. And now the specter of a Russian Menace has been raised again in the wake of Donald Trump’s election. The Plot to Scapegoat Russia examines the recent proliferation of stories, usually sourced from American state actors, blaming and manipulating the threat of Russia, and the long history of which this episode is but the latest chapter. It will show readers two key things: (1) the ways in which the United States has needlessly provoked Russia, especially after the collapse of the USSR, thereby squandering hopes for peace and cooperation; and (2) how Americans have lost out from this missed opportunity, and from decades of conflicts based upon false premises. These revelations, amongst others, make The Plot to Scapegoat Russia one of the timeliest reads of 2017." - From online.

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