Militarism — United States — Economic aspects.
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Militarism and the U.S. economic crisis : the politics of 1988 / Seymour Melman ; produced by Pam Burton.
Speech at the Women’s Actions for Nuclear Disarmament Conference. The author of Inspection for Disarmament, The Peace Race, Pentagon Capitalism, The Permanent War Economy, and Profit without Production, Melman depicts the U.S. as a garrison society, where the defense budget exceeds that of all U.S. corporations. After outlining how a military society is maintained, he…
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The Permanent war economy : roots of the Persian Gulf War / Seymour Melman ; interviewed by Ralph Steiner.
Interview with Dr. Seymour Melman who explores the conomic and political origins of the 1992 Iraq War. He asserts that, with the Cold War ending, the United States began to discuss a paeace divedent which would disrupt the military industrial complex. With a war in the Middle East, he continues, the defense budget is secured.…
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The Right turn of U.S. foreign policy / Noam Chomsky.
Talk on how the 1980’s “jingoist consensus” evolved as the dominant elite groups in American society in an attempt to recoup their position after Vietnam. Exploration of three components of Reaganism: 1) transfer of resources from poor to rich, 2) increased intervention, subversion and terrorism, 3) the public subsidy of high technology industry through the…