{"product_id":"9780865715400","title":"Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Rubicon\u003c\/i\u003e discovers and identifies key suspects—finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government—by showing how they acted in concert to guarantee that the attacks produced the desired result.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Rubicon\u003c\/i\u003e is unique not only for its case-breaking examination of 9\/11, but for the breadth and depth of its world picture—an interdisciplinary analysis of petroleum, geopolitics, narcotraffic, intelligence and militarism—without which 9\/11 cannot be understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe US manufacturing sector has been mostly replaced by speculation on financial data whose underlying economic reality is a dark secret. Hundreds of billions of dollars in laundered drug money flow through Wall Street each year from opium and coca fields maintained by CIA-sponsored warlords and US-backed covert paramilitary violence. America’s global dominance depends on a continually turning mill of guns, drugs, oil and money. Oil and natural gas—the fuels that make economic growth possible—are subsidized by American military force and foreign lending.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn reality, 9\/11 and the resulting “war on terror” are parts of a massive authoritarian response to an emerging economic crisis of unprecedented scale. Peak Oil—the beginning of the end for our industrial civilization—is driving the élites of American power to implement unthinkably draconian measures of repression, warfare and population control. \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Rubicon\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a story. It is a map of the perilous terrain through which, together and alone, we are all now making our way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael C. Ruppert\u003c\/b\u003e is the publisher and editor of \u003ci\u003eFrom the Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e , a newsletter read by more than 16,000 subscribers in 40 countries. A former Los Angeles Police Department narcotics investigator, he is widely known for his groundbreaking stories on US involvement in the drug trade, Peak Oil and 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032884232432,"sku":"9780865715400","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865715400_p0.jpg?v=1763830175","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865715400","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}