Failed states :: the abuse of power and the assault on democracy /: Noam Chomsky.

Chomsky, Noam.

Failed states : the abuse of power and the assault on democracy / Noam Chomsky.

Chomsky, Noam.

2006

E902 .C468 2006 (Mapit)

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Title Failed states : the abuse of power and the assault on democracy / Noam Chomsky.

Author Chomsky, Noam.

Edition 1st ed.

ISBN 9780805079128
0805079122

Publication Details New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt, 2006.

Language English

Description 311 p. ; 25 cm.

Call Number E902 .C468 2006

Dewey Decimal Classification 327.73009/0511

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.

Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-300) and index.

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