American politics in a post-cold war environment : spending the peace dividend / Daniel Sheehan ; introduced by Bill Davies.

Talk by legal advisor for the Christic Institute, Daniel Sheehan, about developments in American foreign and domestic politics. He examines: Constitutional rights; the Savings and Loan bailout costs compared to the Gulf War, 1990-1991; the failure of the judicial system as seen by Seacourt’s 2 year suspended sentence for Iran-Contra crimes; the crucification of the peace and justice movement; United States coping with the fall of the Berlin Wall; retooling the military for new, low-tech opponents; funding Saddam Hussein and Iraq; and the 1953 attempt to overthrow the government of Iran.