audiobook The Religious System of the Amazulu; Izinyanga Zokubula: Divination; as Existing Among the Amazulu; in Their Own Words (Classic Reprint) by Henry Callaway in History

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This provocative book makes a compelling case for a hidden “deep state” that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale Scott begins by tracing America’s increasing militarization; restrictions on constitutional rights; and income disparity since the Vietnam War. He argues that a significant role in this historic reversal was the intervention of a series of structural deep events; ranging from the assassination of President Kennedy to 9/11. He does not attempt to resolve the controversies surrounding these events; but he shows their significant points in common; ranging from overlapping personnel and modes of operation to shared sources of funding. Behind all of these commonalities is what Scott calls the deep state: a second order of government; behind the public or constitutional state; that has grown considerably stronger since World War II. He marshals convincing evidence that the deep state is partly institutionalized in non-accountable intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA; but it also includes private corporations like Booz Allen Hamilton and SAIC; to which 70 percent of intelligence budgets are outsourced. Behind these public and private institutions is the traditional influence of Wall Street bankers and lawyers; allied with international oil companies beyond the reach of domestic law. With the importance of Gulf states like Saudi Arabia to oil markets; American defense companies; and Wall Street itself; this essential book shows that there is now a supranational deep state; sometimes demonstrably opposed to both White House policies and the American public interest.