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Table of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Costs of Modern War The changing character of war Destructive capabilities of weapons Nuclear weapons Human consequences of war Soldiers after war Children and war Civilian casualties: Collateral and Targeted People displaced by war Landmines Material and human costs of preparedness United States responsibility Chapter 2: Killing: War and the Minds of Men War and human nature The human psyche as a source of killing The contexts of killing Dehumanization and enemies The dehumanization of the culture The experience of combat Glory and the sense of purpose Chapter 3: The Hidden Structure of Violence Structural violence Psychological and epidemiological perspectives Cases of structural violence by the global economy The case of Nike in Indonesia Corporate movement into Vietnam, Haiti, and China McDonalds and Disneyland in Vietnam Women, children, violence, and AIDS Clinton in Mexico Domestic terror Is global corporate growth needed for jobs or for investments? The continuum-from slaves to billionaires Risk and the market Chapter 4: People, Farmland, Water, and Narcotics Food production: The impact of globalization Hunger in the United States Economic globalization Biotechnology Biotechnology and intellectual property The privatization of water Bechtel vs. Bolivia Agriculture and the production of narcotics The war on drugs Columbia: Militarizing a social and economic problem Afghanistan: Opium and intervention Burma (Myanmar): Oppressive government, pipelines, and opium The evolving story of people and land Chapter 5: Networks of Power What is power? Networks of power Network analysis: Revealing networks of power Creating authority Effects of concentrated corporate growth and expansion The military-industrial complex The industry of defense The Bechtel Group The Carlyle Group Halliburton Elite clubs: Building networks of power The Order of Skull and Bones The Bilderberg Group The Bohemian Club Think tanks, advisory boards, and councils: Creating policy and consent Council on Foreign Relations and Trilateral Commission National Association of Manufacturers The Business Roundtable The Project for the New American Century The Defense Policy Board The International Monetary Fund The World Bank The World Trade Organization The corporatization of elections: Taking power from the people The funding of candidates Corporate Sponsorship Political Action Committees Campaign finance reform New barriers to voting Social exclusion Chapter 6: RealPolitik: Strategies and Tactics for Winning Creating the enemy Violent and coercive tactics The mindset of competitive games Legitimizing global violence Externalities: The acceptability of risk End goals of global games: The expansion of markets Ideological beliefs Sanctions for force: The opposition to communism A "permanent war economy" The Marshall Plan Economic aid as a political tool Creating the communist enemy Ideological irony Tactics to defeat communism in the third world Creating governments with the corporate agenda Economic intervention Bypassing legal constraints Overthrowing governments Iran: A model removal of a popular leader Guatemala: Supporting violent military rule Venezuela: Undermining a democracy East Timor: Conspiring and aiding violent suppression Iraq and the Middle East: Preemptive military action The Vulcans expand the agenda Concentrating power in the executive The matter of torture Mercenaries: Privatizing the military Chapter 7: Disinformation World War I and propaganda The Committee on Public Information The muckrakers and big business Media monopolies and the effect on journalism Lack of government regulation Using fake groups and fake news The effect on journalism Political and economic agendas: The modern-day manufacture of consent The Defense Department's media contracts The Rendon Group The Lincoln Group Official manipulation: The Office of Strategic Influence Official manipulation: The Office of Special Plans The media's failure to examine questions about the events of 9/11 Historical examples of media manipulation and the justification for war Strategic media: Embedded journalism Strategic media: The Pentagon's Doha Media Center Media complicity: Spinning the War on Terror Eliminating journalists Spinning the story Journalism matters: The effect of propaganda News on the home front: Domestic and environmental issues Hiding scientific warnings of danger Ch. 8: Values and Habits that Maintain a Violent System Selling the image of being for the people Electoral Games The public role in protecting centralized power Why are these core values supported by ordinary people? Interests Served by the Dominant Paradigm American Greatness and Exceptionalism Why We Allow Concentrated Corporate Power The Humble Origins of WalMart Divine Politics and Signs of Fascism A Western Worldview - In Service to Whom
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
War and society.
War -- Social aspects.
Violence -- Social aspects.