Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

Chomsky, Noam

ISBN 10: 0805079122 / ISBN 13: 9780805079128

Published by Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2006

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First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Noam Chomsky directly on the title-page. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805079122
• ISBN 13: 9780805079128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: John Soares (Author photo); Matthew Enderlin
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics and Military
  • Signed First Editions
  • Current Affairs

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, including Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, 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.