The United States and Chile [antikvár]

Preface I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go Communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people. —Henry Kissinger^ The role of the state in imperiahst expansion has not been adequately analyzed in the growing body of literature that has emerged in the recent period. Studies focusing on the multinational corporations, their growth and behavior, have relegated the state to a peripheral position. When the state has been discussed at all, it has been viewed as a passive instrument or mere reflection of "economic interests" which in some undisclosed manner influence and direct policies. Imperial state involvement has been mentioned only at particular conjunctural "crises" moments, when it becomes apparent through dramatic action—i.e., military intervention, a coup engineered by the CIA, etc. There has been little effort to understand the ongoing activities of the imperial state, the decision-making structure and ideology that inform specific policy decisions. Despite the far-flung and diffuse interests that the multinationals possess, and despite the enormous economic resources at vii