num_pages: 206
description: After the Nazis burned the German Reichstag in 1933, blaming the Communist Party for the fire, they proceeded to use the arson as an excuse to gut the Weimar constitution and solidify their hold on power. While psychologist Arasteh never suggests that the administration of George W. Bush was behind the terrorist attacks of September 11th, he does believe that the American government has similarly used the fall of the World Trade Center to justify a seizure of greater power and the marshaling of the population behind an imperial agenda of endless war. He analyzes the individual and social psychological phenomena that have allowed the Bush administration to whip up a mass hysteria that will allow them to carry out that agenda. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
title: The American Reichstag: A Psychopolitical Analysis of 9/11 and Its Aftermath
titlecomplete: The American Reichstag: A Psychopolitical Analysis of 9/11 and Its Aftermath
publisher: Pen and Nay Books