US Imperial Planning to "Control" the "Grand Area"
However, conscientious planning by the U.S. imperialists began long before the era we usually call the neoliberal era. While the focus is now on trade and multi-national corporatism, it was, in the previous decades, rather on geopolitical domination.
In a book entitled "Imperial Brain Trust: The Council on
Foreign Relations and United States Foreign Policy" (by Laurence H. Shoup and William
Minter published in 1977), the authors explain how extensive studies were
conducted by the Council on Foreign Relations and the State Department during
the period of 1939 - 1945.
An excerpt from a "Marxist" analysis of the power and influence of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR):
"Over fifty years ago, in the wake of the First World War, a group of wealthy and influential Americans decided to form an organization. The Council on Foreign Relations, as it was subsequently named, was designed to equip the United States of America for an imperial role on the world scene. Great Britain had dominated world politics during the nineteenth century, not only through its colonial empire, but also through an even wider informal sphere of influence. In a similar fashion, so felt these American leaders, the United States would play a dominant role in the years following the war."
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