1st Edition

The Wealth Weapon U.S. Foreign Policy and Multinational Corporations

By Ben J. Wattenberg Copyright 1980
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

127 Pages
by Routledge

When President Carter responded to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by slapping an embargo on U.S. grain shipments to the U.S.S.R., he used "the wealth weapon" to defend American strategic interests and human rights, as authors Ben J. Wattenberg and Richard J. Whalen pro­pose in this book that breaks new ground in analyzing U.S. foreign pol­icy.Writing from their different per­sonal... Read more
1: The Wealth Weapon: An Introduction; 2: The Issue Is Stated: Wealth-Making and World-Shaping; 3: A Businessman; 4: A Labor Leader; 5: A Foreign Policy Activist; 6: A Third World Leader; 7: Rebuttals; 8: Who's Right, Who's Wrong?

Biography

Ben J. Wattenberg