Failed states : the abuse of power and the assault on democracy /
The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and therefore a danger to its own people and the world. "Failed states,&quo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | American empire project.
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| Online Access: | Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description Publisher description |
| Summary: | The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. Chomsky turns the tables, charging the United States with being a "failed state," and therefore 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 nuclear risks; the dangerous consequences of the occupation of Iraq; and Americas's self-exemption from international law. He also examines an American electoral system that frustrates genuine political alternatives, thus impeding any meaningful democracy.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 311 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-300) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780805079128 0805079122 9780805082845 0805082840 9780739471876 0739471872 |