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Failed States
The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy

"It's hard to imagine any American reading this book and not seeing his country in a new, and deeply troubling, light." The New York Times Book Review


The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against “failed states” around the globe. In this much-anticipated follow-up to his international bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky turns the tables, showing how the United States itself shares features with other failed states—suffering from a severe "democratic deficit," eschewing domestic and international law, and adopting policies that increasingly endanger its own citizens and the world.


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.
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  • “Chomsky is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet.” The New York Times Book Review

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