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American Exception - Empire and the Deep State (Hardcover)
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American Exception - Empire and the Deep State (Hardcover)
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American Exception seeks to explain the breakdown of US democracy.
In particular, how we can understand the uncanny continuity of
American foreign policy, the breakdown of the rule of law, and the
extreme concentration of wealth and power into an overworld of the
corporate rich. To trace the evolution of the American state, the
author takes a deep politics approach, shedding light on those
political practices that are typically repressed in "mainstream"
discourse. In its long history before World War II, the US had a
deep political system--a system of governance in which
decision-making and enforcement were carried out within--and
outside of--public institutions. It was a system that always
included some degree of secretive collusion and law-breaking. After
World War II, US elites decided to pursue global dominance over the
international capitalist system. Setting aside the liberal
rhetoric, this project was pursued in a manner that was by and
large imperialistic rather than progressive. To administer this
covert empire, US elites created a massive national security state
characterized by unprecedented levels of secrecy and lawlessness.
The "Global Communist Conspiracy" provided a pretext for
exceptionism--an endless "exception" to the rule of law. What
gradually emerged after World War II was a tripartite state system
of governance. The open democratic state and the authoritarian
security state were both increasingly dominated by an American deep
state. The term deep state was badly misappropriated during the
Trump era. In the simplest sense, it herein refers to all those
institutions that collectively exercise undemocratic power over
state and society. To trace how we arrived at this point, American
Exception explores various deep state institutions and
history-making interventions. Key institutions involve the
relationships between the overworld of the corporate rich, the
underworld of organized crime, and the national security actors
that mediate between them. History-making interventions include the
toppling of foreign governments, the launching of aggressive wars,
and the political assassinations of the 1960s. The book concludes
by assessing the prospects for a revival of US democracy.
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