----- Original Message ----- From: bon moun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [CrashList] new on the website Maybe excerpts from "Victory," which Mark put me onto and which I am reading now. I want to pass on my recommendation to all to get a look at this extremely important book, even though it is written from the perspective of a triumphant capitalist. Forgive me if you've already seen it, but it is: "VICTORY: the Reagan administration's secret strategy that hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union" Peter Schweizer Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994 Right from the back jacket, you can read: Learn about the strategic counteroffensive launched by the Reagan Administration: * the secret Pentagon strategy to bankrupt the Soviet economy, outlined in a 1982 top-secret five-year Pentagon planning directive * the classified National Security Decision Directive signed by President Reagan that declared "economic war" on the Soviet Union * secret diplomatic efforts to drive down international energy prices, boosting the American economy while costing the Kremlin tens of billions per year * the dangerous CIA gambit to use Afghan mujahedin to conduct military strikes on Soviet soil * the daring CIA covert operation that sustained the Solidarity movement in Poland This information MUST be included in any analysis of what caused the collapse of Eastern European socialism, and it must be used to hold the Reagan administration accountable for the social catastrophe that exists there now. Finally, it boldly emphasizes the centrality of petroleum. Particularly important to understand the tendencies that will hold sway in the incoming Bush de facto regime, since the cabinet is shot through with the same scorched-earth Vandal mentality. My best wishes to all for a happy and progressive New Year. Stan Goff "I am not a Marxist." -Karl Marx "Mask no difficulties." -Amilcar Cabral "Am I to be cursed forever with becoming somebody else on the way to myself? -Audre Lorde _______________________________________________ Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
