| |
|
Jubster,
Perhaps have a look at books by Robin Ramsey, the editor of Lobster.Lobster is an excellent resource in itself, and several of the essays linked to will touch on those concerns - it's basically an intelligent, very well researched look at areas commonly refered to as "conspiracy theory" ie. all the stuff that respectable academics and the boardsheets are too worried to look at ie. the security services, coups, the behind the scenes think tanks, the intersection of politics and big business. Ramsey has been studying this stuff all his life, gleaning all kinds of factlets from political biographies and lon forgotten news stories, and is, IMO, considerably better informed than a lot of mainstream political commentators. You can get Lobster in Borders and Forbidden Planet.
He's wrtten three books in the Pocketbook Essential series - The Rise of New Labour, A Guide to Conspiracy Theories, and one on JFK. I think you'd find the first two of great interest. For instance, he details how many of the big wheels of British politcs have taken trips to the USA earlier in their careers sponsored by little known organisations like the British American Project. You'd be amazed at how many of our politicans have contact with these kind of litle known lobbying groups which have a tremedous amount of US money behind them. THe Pocketbook Essentials books are really cheap (£3.99) and easy to digest as well. Check 'em out. |
|
|
