04205cam a2200445 a 4500 15440464 BJBSDDR 20240807152054.0 ta 080905s2009 nyu b 000 0 eng 2008038956 9781416594772 1416594779 DLC DLC DLC eng eng s-ve--- 120 F 2329.22 S365t 2009 987.06/42092 Schoen, Douglas E., 1953- 37776 The threat closer to home : Hugo Chávez and the war against America / Douglas Schoen and Michael Rowan. Free Press hardcover edition New York : Free Press, 2009. xiii, 220 pages ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-220). The origin of the threat -- "Por ahora" -- The democratic dictator -- Oil is his most potent weapon -- Bad neighbor -- The real axis of evil -- Chavez and the jihad -- Useful idiots -- Chavez as spin doctor -- The alliance of the Americas : a strategy to thwart the threat. A chilling account of Hugo ChAvez's shadow war on the United States The American government has shrugged off South American politics for nearly forty years. In the meantime, our neighbor to the south has grown into an unprecedented threat. Hugo ChAvez, the current president of Venezuela and a self-proclaimed enemy of the United States, commands what even Osama bin Laden only dreams of -- but few Americans see him as a true danger to this country. This book argues that we should. ChAvez has the means and the motivation to harm the United States in a way that few other countries can, and he has declared an "asymmetric war" against America. He runs a sovereign nation that is the fourth largest supplier of oil to the United States. He enjoys annual windfall oil profits that equal the net worth of Bill Gates. He has more modern weapons than anyone in Latin America. He has strategic alliances with Iran, North Korea, and other enemies of America, yet he has duped many Americans -- from influential political and cultural leaders to ordinary citizens who benefit from his oil largess through his state-owned oil company -- into believing that he is a friend. Drawing on two decades of experience working at the highest level of Venezuelan and American politics, Schoen and Rowan go behind the scenes to examine ChAvez's efforts to subvert both the American economy and his own country's stability. Not only did he help drive the price of oil from ten dollars a barrel to more than a hundred dollars a barrel, he's sponsored and become increasingly involved in civilian massacres, drug running, money laundering, nuclear weapons proliferation, and terrorist training. Schoen and Rowan have both the insight and the access to make a case not yet made in the American media. Over the course of the past decade while living and working in Venezuela as writers and political consultants, they've investigated Ch'vez's past, explored his family connections, and gone up against him in a series of elections. Their startling revelations about Ch'vez's rise to power and his reach into American politics make this the kind of urgent, newsbreaking narrative that will spark vital debate in the corridors of powe. Chávez Frías, Hugo. Chávez Frías, Hugo, 1954-2013 11734 Venezuela Politics and government 1999- Venezuela Política y gobierno 1999- 11735 Rowan, Michael, 1942- 37856 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008038956-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008038956-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008038956-s.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008038956-t.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK sba 121849 121849 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2024-08-05 0 120 F 2329.22 S365t 2009 00000177554 2024-08-05 00:00:00 1 2024-08-05 BK