The Great Deception: Anglo-American Power and World Order by Mark Curtis
An original and radically revised view of British and US foreign policy, exposing the extent to which Anglo-American interests have shaped and damaged the current world order.
The Great Deception
Summary
Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Britain and the United States' true role in the world
The Great Deception Summary
The Great Deception Reviews
'A powerful, compelling book ... It leaves the reader outraged at the hypocrisy and duplicity of British politicians and officials' -- Race and Class
'Demonstrates how Britain remains the key supporting player in US domination, and how far from benign that domination is in its impact on the rest of the world' -- Victoria Brittain
'Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Britain and the United States' true role in the world and the so-called order imposed by the Anglo-American alliance' -- John Pilger
'His findings are damning' -- London Review of Books
'Demonstrates how Britain remains the key supporting player in US domination, and how far from benign that domination is in its impact on the rest of the world' -- Victoria Brittain
'Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Britain and the United States' true role in the world and the so-called order imposed by the Anglo-American alliance' -- John Pilger
'His findings are damning' -- London Review of Books
About Mark Curtis
Mark Curtis has published widely on British and US foreign policy and on international relations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: Foreign Policy
1. Postwar Foreign Policy and the Special Relationship
2. Foreign Policy Under the Democrats and Labour
Part Two: Development
3. The 'Development' System
4. The Prevention of Development
Part Three: the Middle East
5. Controlling the Modern Middle East
6. The Gulf
Part Four: the United Nations
7. The Us, Britain and the Un in History
8. Current Policy, Intervention and the Case of Rwanda
Notes
Index
Part One: Foreign Policy
1. Postwar Foreign Policy and the Special Relationship
2. Foreign Policy Under the Democrats and Labour
Part Two: Development
3. The 'Development' System
4. The Prevention of Development
Part Three: the Middle East
5. Controlling the Modern Middle East
6. The Gulf
Part Four: the United Nations
7. The Us, Britain and the Un in History
8. Current Policy, Intervention and the Case of Rwanda
Notes
Index
Additional information
GOR001993097
9780745312347
0745312349
The Great Deception: Anglo-American Power and World Order by Mark Curtis
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pluto Press
1998-04-20
272
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