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American Empire Project : The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy - Noam Chomsky

American Empire Project

The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

By: Noam Chomsky

Hardcover | 3 April 2007

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"It''s hard to imagine any American reading this book and not seeing his country in a new, and deeply troubling, light."â"The New York Times Book Review

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

The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. In this much-anticipated follow-up to his international bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky turns the tables, showing how the United States itself shares features with other failed statesâ"suffering from a severe "democratic deficit," eschewing domestic and international law, and adopting policies that increasingly endanger its own citizens and the world. Exploring the developments in U.S. foreign and domestic policy, Chomsky reveals Washington''s plans to further militarize the planet, greatly increasing the risks of nuclear war. He also assesses the dangerous consequences of the occupation of Iraq; documents Washington''s self-exemption from international norms, including the Geneva conventions and the Kyoto Protocol; and examines how the U.S. electoral system is designed to eliminate genuine political alternatives, 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. Systematically dismantling the United States'' pretense of being the world''s arbiter of democracy, Failed States is Chomsky''s most focusedâ"and urgentâ"critique to date.

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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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