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XM 169 - The Power

Thursday March 23, 2006
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Show Overview

Points of View:
'War is a Racket' by Major General Smedley Darlington Bulter


Guests:
Phyllis Bennis
Challenging Empire: How People, Govenrments, and the UN Defy US powers


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War is a Racket
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Ambrose lays out the background of General Smedley Darlington Bulter and reads from Butler's piece 'War is a Racket'.

 

Attempted Coup Against Roosevelt
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Ambrose gives the history lesson about the military coup planned agianst President Roosevelt.

 

International Laws of War
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Ambrose provides historical context for the International Laws of War and Geneva Conventions.

 

Guest:

Phyllis Bennis
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Ambrose speaks with Phyllis Bennis of the Insitute or Policy Studies. She discusses her new book 'Challenging Empire: How People, Govenrments, and the UN Defy US powers'.

Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC, specializing in Middle East and United Nations issues. She is the author of Before and After: U.S. Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis. Phyllis is a journalist specialising in Middle East and United Nations issues.


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