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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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American empire project.
Main Author: Chomsky, Noam
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2006.
Edition:First edition.
Series:American empire project.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009.
Unilateral acts (International law)
Security, International.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Nuclear nonproliferation.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Bush, George W. > (George Walker), > 1946-
Physical Description:311 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Stark, dreadful, inescapable
  • Outlaw states
  • Illegal but legitimate
  • Democracy promotion abroad
  • Supporting evidence: the Middle East
  • Democracy promotion at home.