Failed states : the abuse of power and the assault on democracy / Noam Chomsky.

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 "...

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Uniform Title:American empire project.
Main Author: Chomsky, Noam
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006.
Edition:First edition.
Series:American empire project.
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Physical Description:311 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Format: Book

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