re American politics and/or the industrial-military complex, or other power/interest groups? I know there are many avid readers who lurk and was wondering if there was any one or two books that particularly struck you as highly informative/non biased/factual? Thanks, M
Best? I am not sure. But I loved Confessions of an Economic Hitman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man
Thanks Nursebee. Corporatocracy sounds about right... interesting thing on amazon, just doesn't seem to be that many authors on the topic, kind of telling isn't it
http://www.amazon.com/Racket-Profit-That-Fuels-Warfare/dp/1481978551/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1437600264&sr=8-2&keywords=War+is+a+Racket: Google Smedley Butler. Highest decorated Marine Corps General at that time. In the 1930's, owners of the Federal Reserve Bank co-opted him to lead a military coup of the United States and install a dictatorship favorable to the dominate corporations of the day. Money meets power = old as the hills. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
Thanks Achilles28, will look into it. One that just caught my eye is "None dare call it conspiracy" by Gary Allen. From the 70s, but probably still relevant in bringing to light the undercurrents driving everything.
It would probably be a tossup between Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party http://www.amazon.com/Donkey-Cons-Crime-Corruption-Democratic-ebook/dp/B003F3FK0Y Caucus of Corruption: The Truth about the New Democratic Majority https://books.google.com/books?id=I...ut corruption in the democratic party&f=false