Failed States

The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

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Failed States
Noam Chomsky, Noam Chomsky
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Failed States

The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

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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

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Cover of: Failed States
Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
2007, Holt & Company, Henry
in English
Cover of: Nesostoi͡atelʹnye shtaty
Nesostoi͡atelʹnye shtaty: zloupotreblenie vlastʹi͡u i ataka na demokratii͡u
2007, Stolit͡sa-Print
in Russian
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Failed States
June 1, 2006, HAMILTON HAMISH (PEN
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Failed states: the abuse of power and the assault on democracy
2006, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt
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