Lying for Empire: How to Commit War Crimes With a Straight Face

by David Model, Common Courage Press (Manufactured by)

Overview

Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, G. H. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush. No president has been publicly tried for committing a war crime. Yet these presidents have committed them while invoking threats of Communism, terrorism and the loss of American lives.

To win popular support for these foreign adventures, these presidents have lied to the American people, resulting in the loss of millions of innocent lives as in Vietnam or Iraq. These actions clearly violated international law and constituted war crimes.

David Model is a professor of political science and economics at Seneca College in Toronto. He has previously written People Before Profits: Reversing the Corporate Agenda and Corporate Rule: Understanding and Challenging the New World Order.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567513219
Publisher:	Common Courage Press
Publication date:	08/01/2005
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

David Model is a professor of political science and economics at Seneca College in Toronto. He has previously written People Before Profits: Reversing the Corportae Agenda and Corporate Rule: Understanding and Challening the New World Order.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	5
	Introduction	6
Chapter 1	They Just Can't Stop Themselves Crimes Against Humanity	18
Chapter 2	Incineration as Diplomacy How Truman Torched Whole Cities With Nukes to Score Points	40
Chapter 3	The First Banana Republic Eisenhower's Dedication to Destroying Democracy in Guatemala	79
Chapter 4	Quagmire of Deceit Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War	113
Chapter 5	Worse Than Hell Nixon Paves the Way to Cambodia With Bad Intentions	140
Chapter 6	Topple One For the Gipper Reagan and the Destruction of the Nicaraguan Government	164
Chapter 7	The George H. Bush Formula For War With Iraq Prevent Negotiations at All Costs	198
Chapter 8	The Empire as Good Guy Clinton Kills Civilians to Save Them	246
Chapter 9	Finishing the Job George W. Bush and the Bombing of Iraq	280
Chapter 10	Psychopath Number 43	301
	Bibliography	319
	Index	325
	About the Author	336