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Who Rules the World?

Chomsky, Noam. Book - 2016 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Politics / Chomsky, Noam, 327.73 Ch 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.3 out of 5

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"The world's leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky argues that the United States, through its military-first policies and its unstinting devotion to maintaining a world-spanning empire, is both risking catastrophe and wrecking the global commons. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from the expanding drone assassination program to the threat of nuclear warfare, as well as the flashpoints of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Israel/Palestine, he offers unexpected and nuanced insights into the workings of imperial power on our increasingly chaotic planet. In the process, Chomsky provides a brilliant anatomy of just how U.S. elites have grown ever more insulated from any democratic constraints on their power. While the broader population is lulled into apathy--diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable--the corporations and the rich have increasingly been allowed to do as they please. Fierce, unsparing, and meticulously documented, Who Rules the World? delivers the indispensable understanding of the central conflicts and dangers of our time that we have come to expect from Chomsky"-- Provided by publisher.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: viii, 307 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781627793810
162779381X

SUBJECTS
World politics -- 21st century.
Power (Social sciences).
United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.