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

by Noam Chomsky (Author)

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Owl; 1st edition edition (April 3 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805082840
ISBN-13: 978-0805082845
Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.2 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 318 g

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Starred Review. Forget Iraq and Sudan--America is the foremost failed state, argues the latest polemic from America's most controversial Left intellectual. Chomsky (Imperial Ambitions) contends the U.S. government wallows in lawless military aggression (the Iraq war is merely the latest example); ignores public opinion on everything from global warming to social spending and foreign policy; and jeopardizes domestic security by under-funding homeland defense in favor of tax cuts for the rich and by provoking hatred and instability abroad that may lead to terrorist blowback or nuclear conflict. Ranging haphazardly from the Seminole War forward, Chomsky's jeremiad views American interventionism as a pageant of imperialist power-plays motivated by crass business interests. Disdaining euphemisms, he denounces American "terror" and "war crimes," castigates the public-bamboozling "government-media propaganda campaign" and floats comparisons to Mongols and Nazis. Chomsky's fans will love it, but even mainstream critics are catching up to the substance of his take on Bush Administration policies; meanwhile his uncompromising moral sensibility, icy logic and withering sarcasm remain in a class by themselves. Required reading for every thoughtful citizen.
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Beware of unsupported assertions! Beware of zealotry! Beware of righteous indignation! In other words, take Noam Chomsky with a grain of salt. The ground-breaking linguist and vociferous political iconoclast launches yet another jeremiad on the world situation and American culpability. What he calls "failed states," the rest of us may know as "rogue states," those whose citizens are in chaos and fear, and whose policies threaten international stability. Without blunting Chomsky's message, gravelly voiced Alan Sklar ably emphasizes his eloquence and dials down his shrillness. He eases the way for the objective listener to judge Chomsky's interpretation of current events, to separate the wheat from the chaff of his arguments. Y.R. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The review from Audiofile is just an attack on Chomsky:, Jan 22 2008

By	F. B. Fisher "Brian" (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Failed States: The American Empire Project (Hardcover)

YR's review is not a review. It's an attack.
It's a "We must be right we're the US" diatribe.
It shouldn't be published as a review.
The fact that there are a lot of YR's in the U.S. is really frightening.
There is only one country in the world capable of destroying the world and only one country in the world who has no conscience about doing that as long as there's a dollar in it.
Thank God there are Noam Chomsky's who have not yet been silenced by the imperialistic thugs that Americans elect.
Noam Chomsky gives me some hope - As a Canadian, We are often confused when we are criticized for having so little military by the only country on earth that we would ever need to defend ourselves from.
It's unfair and perhaps naive but to me Chomsky is like the canary in the coal mine. If the US ever silences him it will be time to fill the basement with weaponry and prepare for the invasion.

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A chilling vision of American Imperialism, Jun 30 2006

By	J. Cunningham - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Failed States: The American Empire Project (Hardcover)

I hate flying. I have to say that this was one of those books I just happened to pick up in an airport during a lay-over, to help take my mind off it. It worked. Noam Chomsky's often stark and brutal disection of the rampant desire and virtually boundless need for the United States' policymakers to wage a seemingly endless war AGAINST democracy, frankly scares me. If you enjoy the idea that 'democracy promotion' is an job best left to the U.S. government, don't read this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book!!, Sep 24 2006

By	Aaron Donnelly "commrade21" (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Failed States: The American Empire Project (Hardcover)

One of Chomsky's best books ever! If you seek the real truth about what's going on in the world around us you have to read this book. A definite must have!!

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