The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism - Softcover

Naomi Klein

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141024534 ISBN 13: 9780141024530

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2008

Synopsis

''Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell'' John le Carré

Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors.

Exposing these global profiteers, Naomi Klein discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors'' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. Raking in billions out of the tsunami, plundering Russia, exploiting Iraq - this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.

''Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere'' John Berger

''If you only read one non-fiction book this year, make it this one'' Metro Books of the Year

''There are a few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books'' John Gray, Guardian

''A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger, channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo'' Independent

About this title

About the Author

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the international bestsellers No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, and most recently This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate. In 2017 she joined The Intercept as Senior Correspondent. Recent articles have also appeared in the Guardian, The Nation, The New York Times, the New Yorker and Le Monde. In November 2016 she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in Australia.

Review

Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell * John le Carre * Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere * John Berger * If you read only one non-fiction book this year, make it this one -- , Books of the Year * Metro * There are few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books -- John Gray * Guardian * Lucid, calm, impeccably researched, gorgeously readable -- , Books of the Year * Observer * A brilliant, brave and terrifying book * Arundhati Roy * Powerful ... epic ... dramatic * Daily Telegraph * A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger, channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo * Independent * Excoriating ... passionate and informed ... Her prose packs a punch * Scotsman * Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere * John Berger *

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141024534
• ISBN 13: 9780141024530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576