Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0865715408 ISBN13: 9780865715400 Release Date: September 2004 Publisher: New Catalyst Books Length: 696 Pages Weight: 2.37 lbs. Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 8.9" The acclaimed investigative reporter and author of Confronting Collapse examines the global forces that led to 9/11 in this provocative expos . The attacks of September 11, 2001 were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon examines how such a conspiracy was possible through an interdisciplinary analysis of petroleum, geopolitics, narco-traffic, intelligence and militarism-without which 9/11 cannot be understood.In 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 elites of American power to implement unthinkably draconian measures of re