Dallas 63, Peter Dale Scott
Dallas 63, Peter Dale Scott
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Dallas '63
The First Deep State Revolt Against the White House

Author: Peter Dale Scott

Narrator: George Spelvin

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/27/2019


Synopsis

"Our most provocative scholar of American power" reveals the forces behind the assassination of JFK—and their continuing influence over our world (David Talbot, Salon).On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. Shortly after, Oswald himself was killed. These events led many to believe there was a far greater plan at work, with a secret cabal of powerful men manipulating the public and shaping US policies both at home and abroad for their own interests.But no one could imagine how right they were.Beneath the orderly façade of the American government, there lies a complex network, only partly structural, linking Wall Street influence, corrupt bureaucracy, and the military-industrial complex. Here lies the true power of the American empire. This behind-the-scenes web is unelected, unaccountable, and immune to popular resistance. Peter Dale Scott calls this entity the deep state, and he has made it his life's work to write the history of those who manipulate our government from the shadows. Since the aftermath of World War II, the deep state's power has grown unchecked, and nowhere has it been more apparent than that day at Dealey Plaza.In this landmark volume, Scott traces how culpable elements in the CIA and FBI helped prepare for the assassination, and how the deep state continues to influence our politics today.As timely and important as ever in the current chaotic political climate, Dallas '63 is a reality-shattering, frightening exposé not of those who govern us—but of those who govern those who govern us.

About Peter Dale Scott

Peter Dale Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, is a poet, writer, and researcher. His diplomatic service from 1957 to 1961 included two years of work at UN conferences and the UN General Assembly, as well as two years in Poland. In addition to teaching poetry and medieval literature at Berkeley, he was a cofounder of the university’s Peace & Conflict Studies (PACS) program.Scott’s most recent political books are The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America (2007); The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11, and the Deep Politics of War (2008); American War Machine: Deep Politics, the CIA Global Drug Connection, and the Road to Afghanistan (2010); and The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy (2014).Scott’s books have been translated into six languages, and his articles and poems have been translated into twenty. The former US poet laureate Robert Hass has written that, “Coming to Jakarta is the most important political poem to appear in the English language in a very long time.” In 2002, Dale Scott received the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.Scott’s website is www.peterdalescott.net and his Facebook page is www.facebook.com/peter.d.scott.9.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on November 20, 2017

This book is an alarming dissection of the Deep State in the U.S., and how it began with the assassination of JFK and continued with the effects on several succeeding presidencies. The Deep State is an extreme right-wing parallel shadow government that has always urged the U.S. toward global hegemon......more

Goodreads review by Josh on September 02, 2021

The first half is so thick with granular detail and acronyms that it’s almost unreadable, even for someone like myself who has a good grasp on the JFK “expanded universe”, so to speak. The more big picture stuff in the second half however was fascinating, with Scott tying together various “deep even......more

Goodreads review by Anthony Ambruso on October 19, 2017

Frightening but true This book is a real eye-opener. I have slowly figured this stuff out over the years, but was horrified to see it in print. I didn't want it to be true. We have a deep state operating within our government. It's sad: I was attached to our constitutional system.......more

Goodreads review by Ronald Pierce on March 17, 2020

More references than book. A re-read for sure......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on August 12, 2017

A detailed analysis of the "deep state" and the "deep politics" surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy. This book is for serious students of the Kennedy assassination only.......more