> Sam writes: > > I agree but the post-WWII order was to a great extent planned by U.S.& > >UK government officials. These plans made it quite clear that the third > >world was to be used for its raw materials and cheap labor, that third > >world economies were to be subordinated to the core. The social and > >economic structures of third world have been shaped by the needs of the > >core economies, both consciously and unconsciously. The post-WWII > >imperialist plans, to a great degree, have been realized. I think > >Chomsky, Kolko, Mark Curtis and Bruce Cumings have done the best work > >showing the nature and extent of government planning for imperialist > >order. > Long time ago I was reading Henry Wallace's diaries or autobiography, can't remember which, and was struck by his testimony to the fact that the U.S. Gov was planning the post-war period before they had landed at Normandy. mbs
