Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiv
Chapter 1 The USA Poses the Greatest Threat to World Peace 1
Gallup Surveys 67,000 People in 65 Countries 2
Since 1945 the US Has Bombed More Countries than Any Other Nation 5
Eisenhower Warns Against the Military-Industrial Complex 7
US Military Spending Sets World Record 9
Lockheed Martin Is the Largest Arms Manufacturer in the World 13
The United States Is a Nuclear Power 14
The United States Has over 700 Military Bases in Foreign Countries 16
The United States Has More than 200,000 Troops Stationed Abroad 17
Occupied Countries Resist 19
Chapter 2 The USA is an Oligarchy 22
300,000 Superrich Run the Empire 22
There Are 100 Million Poor People in the USA 26
There Are 540 Billionaires in the USA 28
The End of the American Dream 29
The Superrich Determine Politics 31
US Voters Have Little Influence on Politics 34
Chapter 3 The American Indian Wars 36
The Great European Powers Divide America among Themselves 37
1607: The English Establish Jamestown 39
The Export of Tobacco to London 42
The Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic 44
1776: The Declaration of Independence 46
The Fight against the British Empire 49
1846: The War against Mexico 52
The Destruction of the Indigenous Population 57
1890: The Massacre at Wounded Knee 60
Four Million Native Americans Dead 61
Chapter 4 The Exploitation of Slaves 64
The Abduction of 12 Million Africans 64
1865: The Civil War and the Abolition of Slavery 68
The Ku Klux Klan Wants White Supremacy 70
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Strengthens the Civil Rights Movement 71
Chapter 5 North America Is Not Enough 74
1898: The Explosion of the USS Maine 75
1898: The Conquest of Cuba and Puerto Rico 77
1893: The Coup d'État in Hawai'i 81
1898: The Conquest of the Philippines 84
Major General Smedley Butler's Warning 87
Chapter 6 The USA and World War I 91
1914: The Beginning of the First World War 92
The Merchants of Death Profit from the War 95
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 98
1915: The Sinking of the Lusitania 99
1917: The USA's Entry into the First World War 102
US War Propaganda against Germany 104
Reparations and the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 107
Chapter 7 The USA and World War II 110
1933: The Reichstag Fire 111
The Principle of the Human Family Is Betrayed 112
The USA Supplies Adolf Hitler with Oil 113
Henry Ford Supplies the Wehrmacht with Military Vehicles 115
1940: The Reelection of President Roosevelt 117
1941: The USA Halts Oil Deliveries to Japan 118
The USA Surveils Japanese Radio Traffic 124
1941: The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor 125
The US Congress Declares War on Japan and Germany 126
Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant General Short are Dismissed 128
The Ongoing Debate Over Pearl Harbor 130
The USA Drops Nuclear Bombs over Japan 131
The USA Does Not Open the Second Front until 1944 133
Chapter 8 Covert Warfare 138
1947: The USA Establishes the National Security Council 138
1948: The CIA Manipulates the Elections in Italy 140
1953: The CIA Overthrows the Government in Iran 142
1954: The CIA Overthrows the Government in Guatemala 142
1961: The CIA Assassinates Prime Minister Lumumba in Congo 144
1961: The Assassination of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic 145
1963: The Assassination of President Diem in Vietnam 147
1970: The Assassination of General Schneider in Chile 148
1967: The Guevara Is Shot in Bolivia 149
1961: The CIA's Assassination Attempts on Fidel Castro 150
CIA Director Allen Dulles Directs the Killers 152
1961: The CIA's Illegal Attack on Cuba 154
1961: Kennedy Fires CIA Director Allen Dulles 156
Chapter 9 The Assassination of President Kennedy 157
November 22, 1963: Crime Scene, Dallas 158
The Fairy Tale of the Mad Lone Perpetrator Lee Harvey Oswald 160
1964: The Warren Commission Report 163
1967: Jim Garrison Reopens the Case 165
The CIA Claims That There Was No Conspiracy 167
The Revenge of CIA Director Allen Dulles 169
Chapter 10 The Vietnam War 173
1954: France Loses Its Indochina Colony 173
Vietnam Is Split into Two Parts 175
1964: The Lie about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 178
The USA Uses Napalm on Babies and Buddhists 183
1970: The Peace Movement and the Kent State Massacre 184
1965: The USA Overthrows President Sukarno in Indonesia 187
The My Lai Massacre Is Uncovered 188
The Secret War against Cambodia and Laos 190
The Brits and the USA Arm the Khmer Rouge in Thailand 192
Chapter 11 The Iran-Contra Affair 195
1981: The USA's Secret War against Nicaragua 196
Congress Prohibits a Coup d'État in Nicaragua 199
The NSC Opens a Secret Bank Account in Switzerland 200
The CIA and the Cocaine Trade 201
Saddam Hussein Invades Iran and Uses Poisonous Gas 203
The USA Sells Weapons to Iran Despite Embargo 204
The Iran-Contra Affair Shakes Public Trust 206
The Conspirators Are Not Sentenced to Jail 207
1991: The Nayirah Testimony and the War against Kuwait 209
Chapter 12 The September 11 Attacks 212
A New Pearl Harbor 213
2004: The Failed Kean and Hamilton Investigation 214
Total Failure of US Air Defense 217
Millions in Profits with Put Options 220
The Blowing Up of WTC7 223
Explosives Are Found in the Dust of the Twin Towers 227
The Towers Were Loaded with Asbestos 227
Chapter 13 The So-Called War on Terror 229
2001: The Attack on Afghanistan 229
Combat Drones Revolutionize Warfare 232
2003: The Illegal Attack on Iraq 235
How the Leading Media Spreads War Propaganda 238
The USA Produces the Greatest Show in the World 239
The Alternative Media Strengthens the Peace Movement 241
Chapter 14 The Digital Empire 244
1990: The Fiche Scandal in Switzerland 245
The Surveillance of Citizens in China 246
Surveillance of Citizens in the USA 247
1994: The Internet Revolutionizes the World 252
2018: Google Earned $30 Billion 253
Facebook Displaces Newspapers Printed on Paper 255
2016: Facebook and the Election of Donald Trump 256
The Cambridge Analytica Scandal Is Exposed 258
2016: Cambridge Analytica and Brexit 261
Microtargeting Influences Voting in Switzerland 262
2001: The Founding of Wikipedia 263
The Dark Side of Wikipedia 269
Chapter 15 The Fight for Eurasia 271
"Divide and Rule" 271
Russia Is Just a Regional Power 275
NATO's Eastward Expansion Angers Russia 276
2014: The USA's Coup d'État in Ukraine 279
2014: The USA Bombs Syria 282
1839: The Humiliation of China in the Opium War 285
China Has the Largest Army in the World 287
China Has the Second-Largest Economy in the World 289
2013: The New Silk Road 292
Chapter 16 Conclusion 295
Chronology 298
Notes 304
Literature 329
Index 330
