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The Management of Savagery

How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump

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The Management of Savagery

By: Max Blumenthal
Narrated by: David de Vries
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The rise of international jihad and Western ultra-nationalism

In The Management of Savagery, Max Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America's dealings with the world and shows how the extremist forces that now threaten peace across the globe are the inevitable flowering of America's imperial designs.

Washington's secret funding of the mujahedin provoked the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. With guns and money, the United States has ever since sustained the extremists, including Osama Bin Laden, who have become its enemies. The Pentagon has trained and armed jihadist elements in Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya; it has launched military interventions to change regimes in the Middle East. In doing so, it created fertile ground for the Islamic State and brought foreign conflicts home to American soil.

These failed wars abroad have made the United States more vulnerable to both terrorism as well as native ultra-nationalism. The Trump presidency is the inevitable consequence of neoconservative imperialism in the post-Cold War age. Trump's dealings in the Middle East are likely only to exacerbate the situation.

©2019 Max Blumenthal (P)2019 Tantor Freedom & Security Political Science Politics & Government United States War & Crisis World War Middle East Iran Africa Cold War Military Russia America Middle East
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One can only listen with increasing amazement at Max's incredible memory and research capabilities into the neocene world of the neo-liberals that run America as they pervert all peaceful attempts to create a liveable environment for mankind with a constant stream of provocation and warlike invasions.

Max you're the best.

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Prepare to be shocked as time after time, well worn and known political and media talking points are held up to the light and seen as the hollow BS that they are.

Eye watering exposure on media and political power

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Matthew Blumenthal brings together horrifying facts about the exercising of power in the middle East.

disturbing but essential reading

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a detailed analysis of the crimes committed by the USA and its allies in the largely manufactured war on terror. illuminating antidote to a chorus of MSM war mongering

USA has no right to police the world

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Well researched and comprehensive. Along with Seymour Hersch, Blumenthal is one of the greatest commentators on the US struggle for global hegemony and it’s tragic consequences

Absolutely excellent!

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A must read for anyone who wishes to understand the true account on how US foreign policy and the US National Security State have shaped our world. Jam packed with well researched information and geniously put together, Max Blumenthal is an amazing journalist and writer. I can hardly wait to read his future works.

One of the most important texts on US empire today

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