What every American should know about who's really running the world : the people, corporations, and organizations that control our future - Rossi, M. L. (Melissa L.), 1965- (New York : Plume, 2005)
Briefing : the mighty right -- The Christian right : introducing the handmaiden's tale? -- The Bushes : Texan blue bloods -- Bush insiders : the vulcans -- The neocons : professional alarmists -- Briefing : how big pharma works -- FDA : a failed experiment? -- Pfizer : the hungry giant -- Monsanto : the revolutionary -- Briefing : spooks, sneaks, and snitches -- Post 9/11 world : securing the patriots -- Foreign intelligence : stirring up the world -- Wal-mart : the slave driver -- Credit card companies : the corporate loan sharks -- Public relations companies : the propagandists -- Rupert Murdoch : the mightiest media magnate -- Think tanks : questionable sources -- Council on Foreign Relations : powerful whispers -- George Soros : the meddler -- Rev. Sun Myung Moon : still rising -- Media matters : losing focus -- Briefing : defense manueverings -- DARPA : over the edge and into the present -- Lockheed-Martin : snoop 'n' shoot -- Halliburton : inside connections -- The Carlyle group : slippery arms -- Bechtel : the master builder -- Briefing : oil and water -- Oil : the beast -- The al-Saud : conflicts of interest -- OPEC : controlling natural riches -- Non OPEC oil producers : the outsiders -- Veolia and Suez : the new water barons -- North Korea : nuclear rogue -- Terrorists : aiding the government? -- Organized criminals : modern misfits.
Includes bibliographical references p. ([403]-406)and index.
Keywords: Power (Social sciences); Power (Social sciences) -- United States; Elite (Social sciences) -- United States; Conservatism -- United States; Pressure groups; Corporations -- Political activity; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-