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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
by Noam Chomsky

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The world's foremost critic of U.S. foreign policy exposes the hollow promises of democracy in American actions abroad — and at home

The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene against "failed states" around the globe. In this much anticipated sequel to his international bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and thus a danger to its own people and the world.

"Failed states" Chomsky writes, are those "that do not protect their citizens from violence and perhaps even destruction, that regard themselves as beyond the reach of domestic or international law, and that suffer from a 'democratic deficit,' having democratic forms but with limited substance." Exploring recent U.S. foreign and domestic policies, Chomsky assesses Washington?s escalation of the nuclear risk; the dangerous consequences of the occupation of Iraq; and America's self-exemption from international law. He also examines an American electoral system that frustrates genuine political alternatives, thus impeding any meaningful democracy.

Forceful, lucid, and meticulously documented, Failed States offers a comprehensive analysis of a global superpower that has long claimed the right to reshape other nations while its own democratic institutions are in severe crisis, and its policies and practices have recklessly placed the world on the brink of disaster. Systematically dismantling America's claim to being the world's arbiter of democracy, Failed States is Chomsky's most focused — and urgent — critique to date.

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"Forget Iraq and Sudan-America is the foremost failed state, argues the latest polemic from America's most controversial Left intellectual. Chomsky (Imperial Ambitions) contends the U.S. government wallows in lawless military aggression (the Iraq war is merely the latest example); ignores public opinion on everything from global warming to social spending and foreign policy; and jeopardizes domestic security by under-funding homeland defense in favor of tax cuts for the rich and by provoking hatred and instability abroad that may lead to terrorist blowback or nuclear conflict. Ranging haphazardly from the Seminole War forward, Chomsky's jeremiad views American interventionism as a pageant of imperialist power-plays motivated by crass business interests. Disdaining euphemisms, he denounces American 'terror' and 'war crimes,' castigates the public-bamboozling 'government-media propaganda campaign' and floats comparisons to Mongols and Nazis. Chomsky's fans will love it, but even mainstream critics are catching up to the substance of his take on Bush Administration policies; meanwhile his uncompromising moral sensibility, icy logic and withering sarcasm remain in a class by themselves. Required reading for every thoughtful citizen." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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"Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet." The New York Times Book Review
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About the Author

Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, from American Power and the New Mandarins in the 1960s to Hegemony or Survival in 2003. A professor of linguistics and philosophy at MIT, he lives outside Boston, Massachusetts.
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timsd66, November 21, 2006 (view all comments by timsd66)
Chomsky offers a critical exam over American governmental affairs and policies. He claims that the American government has hardly represented the interest of the society and people for long. Instead, it has served its own interest. This sort of criticism is provocative and serious. Maybe there is some truth there. But at the same time, let us not forget that a self-appointed government can do more harm. For this, read the two brilliant books by the outspoken Chinese journalist George Zhibin Gu: 1. China's global reach; and 2. China and the new world order. Both books detail the disastrous experiences of self-appointed government.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780805079128
Subtitle:
The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
Author:
Chomsky, Noam
Publisher:
Metropolitan Books
Subject:
Nuclear nonproliferation
Subject:
Security, international
Subject:
United States - 21st Century
Subject:
History & Theory - General
Subject:
General Political Science
Subject:
Government - U.S. Government
Publication Date:
April 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
311
Dimensions:
6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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