American Politics In A Post-cold War Environment : Spending The Peace
American Politics In A Post-cold War Environment : Spending The Peace DIVIDEND / Daniel Sheehan| introduced by Fr. Bill Davies. Talk by legal advisor for the Christic Institute about developments in American foreign and domestic politics. He examines: Constitutional rights| the Savings and Loan costs compared to the Iraq war| the failure of the judicial system as seen by Seacourt's 2 year suspended sentence for Iran-Contra crimes| the crucifction of the peace and justice movement| U.S. coping with the fall of the Berlin wall| retooling the military for new, low-tec. opponents| funding Hussein and Iraq| and the 1953 attempt to overthrow the government of Iran. RECORDED: Pasadena, Mar. 1991.