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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
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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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Half a century ago, in July 1955, Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein issued an extraordinary appeal to the people of the world, asking them "to set aside" the strong feelings they have about many issues and to consider themselves "only as members of a biological species which has had a remarkable history, and whose disappearance none of us can desire."

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  • Title Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
  • Author Noam Chomsky
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 311
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Metropolitan Books, New York
  • Publication date April 4, 2006
  • ISBN 9780805079128 / 0805079122
  • Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.52 x 6.44 x 0.99 in (24.18 x 16.36 x 2.51 cm)
  • Category Politics / Current Events
  • Library of Congress subjects Iraq War, 2003-, War on Terrorism, 2001-
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006041961
  • Dewey Decimal Code 327.730

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Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, including "Hegemony or Survival," "Failed States, Conversations on the Post-9/11 World by Noam Chomsky">Imperial Ambitions" and "What We Say Goes." A professor of linguistics and philosophy at MIT, he is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics. He lives outside Boston, Massachusetts.

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