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| THE AMERICAN TRAJECTORY Divine or Demonic? David Ray Griffin |
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| AMERICA: EXPANSIONIST FROM THE OUTSET |
David Ray Griffin is Professor of
Philosophy of Religion and Theology,
Emeritus, Claremont School of Theology and
Claremont Graduate University (1973-2004);
Co-Director, Center for Process Studies. He
edited the SUNY Series in Constructive
Postmodern Thought (1987-2004), which
published 31 volumes. He has written 30
books, edited 13 books, and authored 250
articles and chapters. His most recent books
are Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined
America and the World and UNPRECEDENTED:
Can Humanity Survive the CO2 Crisis?
Philosophy of Religion and Theology,
Emeritus, Claremont School of Theology and
Claremont Graduate University (1973-2004);
Co-Director, Center for Process Studies. He
edited the SUNY Series in Constructive
Postmodern Thought (1987-2004), which
published 31 volumes. He has written 30
books, edited 13 books, and authored 250
articles and chapters. His most recent books
are Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined
America and the World and UNPRECEDENTED:
Can Humanity Survive the CO2 Crisis?
REVIEWS
“David Ray Griffin is a master of the art of courageously,
constructively and meticulously exposing and debunking dangerous
disinfectant for brainwashed minds. Just as his previous book,
Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World, was
essential reading to understand the world in which we now live,
The American Trajectory: Divine or Demonic? is essential reading to
understand the true nature of the 'exceptional' role of the United
States in world affairs—past, present and future.”
—John Whitbeck, International lawyer; author of
The World According to Whitbeck
“This new book by David Ray Griffin is essential reading for anybody
who wants to understand the dark side of US Imperialism in its global
context.“
—Dr. Daniele Ganser, Director Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy
Research; author of many books, including NATO’s Secret Armies.
“David Ray Griffin has done it again. His new book should be read as a
prequel to the seminal Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined
America and the World.
Supported by extensive research, Griffin thoroughly debunks the
myth of an American Empire as a benign, exceptionalist, divinely
ordained historical agent. Instead of Manifest Destiny, what reality-
based Griffin charters is the ‘malign’ ways of US foreign policy since
the 19th century; a trajectory founded by slavery and genocide of
indigenous peoples and then imperially expanded, non-stop. ‘Malign’
happens to be a term currently very much in vogue across
the Beltway—but always to designate US competitors Russia and
China.
Griffin consistently challenges Beltway gospel, demonstrating that if
the US had not entered WWI, there may have been no WWII. He
unmasks the lies surrounding the true story of the Pearl Harbor
attacks. He asks: If the US was really guided by God, how
could it ‘choose’ to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, knowing that ‘the
atomic bombs were not necessary to end the war?’
Griffin also shows how the Cold War was actually conceptualized
several years before the 1950 National Security Council paper 68 (NSC-
68). He revisits the origins of irrational hatred of Iran; the
demonization of Cuba; the lies surrounding the Vietnam debacle; the
false flags across Europe via Operation Gladio; the destruction of
Yugoslavia; the decades-long evisceration of Iraq; and the
ramifications of the Full Spectrum Dominance doctrine.
This sharp, concise history of the American Empire ultimately
demonstrates, in Griffin’s analysis, the ‘fraud’ of endorsing self-
praising American Exceptionalism. A must read.”
—Pepe Escobar, Asia Times/Hong Kong;
author of 2030 and Empire of Chaos
"Since the turn of the 20th century, through two global wars and
numerous others to follow, including current ones raging in multiple
theaters, America’s longstanding aim is to control planet earth, its
resources and populations. Griffin explains it in lucid detail, America’s
imperial history, rarely taught in US classrooms to the highest levels
of higher education. Readers can get it all in Griffin’s important new
book. It’s vital truth-telling, explaining the American way - responsible
for inflicting enormous harm on countless millions at home and
abroad."
—Stephen Lendman
"David Ray Griffin, in book after book since the attacks of 11
September 2001, has meticulously exposed the underside of the
American empire and its evil masters. His persistence in trying to
reach people and to warn them of the horrors that have resulted is
extraordinary. Excluding his philosophical and theological works, this
is his fifteenth book since 2004 on these grave issues of life and
death and the future of the world.
In this masterful book, he provides a powerful historical argument
that right from the start with the arrival of the first European settlers,
this country, despite all the rhetoric about it having been divinely
founded and guided, has been “more malign that benign, more
demonic than divine.” He chronologically presents this history,
supported by meticulous documentation, to prove his thesis.
—Edward Curtin
“David Ray Griffin is a master of the art of courageously,
constructively and meticulously exposing and debunking dangerous
disinfectant for brainwashed minds. Just as his previous book,
Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World, was
essential reading to understand the world in which we now live,
The American Trajectory: Divine or Demonic? is essential reading to
understand the true nature of the 'exceptional' role of the United
States in world affairs—past, present and future.”
—John Whitbeck, International lawyer; author of
The World According to Whitbeck
“This new book by David Ray Griffin is essential reading for anybody
who wants to understand the dark side of US Imperialism in its global
context.“
—Dr. Daniele Ganser, Director Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy
Research; author of many books, including NATO’s Secret Armies.
“David Ray Griffin has done it again. His new book should be read as a
prequel to the seminal Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined
America and the World.
Supported by extensive research, Griffin thoroughly debunks the
myth of an American Empire as a benign, exceptionalist, divinely
ordained historical agent. Instead of Manifest Destiny, what reality-
based Griffin charters is the ‘malign’ ways of US foreign policy since
the 19th century; a trajectory founded by slavery and genocide of
indigenous peoples and then imperially expanded, non-stop. ‘Malign’
happens to be a term currently very much in vogue across
the Beltway—but always to designate US competitors Russia and
China.
Griffin consistently challenges Beltway gospel, demonstrating that if
the US had not entered WWI, there may have been no WWII. He
unmasks the lies surrounding the true story of the Pearl Harbor
attacks. He asks: If the US was really guided by God, how
could it ‘choose’ to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, knowing that ‘the
atomic bombs were not necessary to end the war?’
Griffin also shows how the Cold War was actually conceptualized
several years before the 1950 National Security Council paper 68 (NSC-
68). He revisits the origins of irrational hatred of Iran; the
demonization of Cuba; the lies surrounding the Vietnam debacle; the
false flags across Europe via Operation Gladio; the destruction of
Yugoslavia; the decades-long evisceration of Iraq; and the
ramifications of the Full Spectrum Dominance doctrine.
This sharp, concise history of the American Empire ultimately
demonstrates, in Griffin’s analysis, the ‘fraud’ of endorsing self-
praising American Exceptionalism. A must read.”
—Pepe Escobar, Asia Times/Hong Kong;
author of 2030 and Empire of Chaos
"Since the turn of the 20th century, through two global wars and
numerous others to follow, including current ones raging in multiple
theaters, America’s longstanding aim is to control planet earth, its
resources and populations. Griffin explains it in lucid detail, America’s
imperial history, rarely taught in US classrooms to the highest levels
of higher education. Readers can get it all in Griffin’s important new
book. It’s vital truth-telling, explaining the American way - responsible
for inflicting enormous harm on countless millions at home and
abroad."
—Stephen Lendman
"David Ray Griffin, in book after book since the attacks of 11
September 2001, has meticulously exposed the underside of the
American empire and its evil masters. His persistence in trying to
reach people and to warn them of the horrors that have resulted is
extraordinary. Excluding his philosophical and theological works, this
is his fifteenth book since 2004 on these grave issues of life and
death and the future of the world.
In this masterful book, he provides a powerful historical argument
that right from the start with the arrival of the first European settlers,
this country, despite all the rhetoric about it having been divinely
founded and guided, has been “more malign that benign, more
demonic than divine.” He chronologically presents this history,
supported by meticulous documentation, to prove his thesis.
—Edward Curtin
