| Deterring Democracy Contributor(s): Chomsky, Noam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374523495 ISBN-13: 9780374523497 Publisher: Hill & Wang OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1992 Annotation: In this highly praised and widely debated book, America's leading dissident intellectual offers a revelatory portrait of the American empire and the danger it poses for democracy, both at home and abroad. Chomsky details the major shift in global politics and economic potency and reveals the potentially catastrophic consequences of this new imbalance. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control - Political Science | Terrorism |
| Dewey: 327.73 |
| LCCN: 91039445 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.45 lbs) 424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. The major shifts in global politics that came about with the dismantling of the Eastern bloc have left the United States unchallenged as the preeminent military power, but American economic might has declined drastically in the face of competition, first from Germany and Japan ad more recently from newly prosperous countries elsewhere. In Deterring Democracy, the impassioned dissident intellectual Noam Chomsky points to the potentially catastrophic consequences of this new imbalance. Chomsky reveals a world in which the United States exploits its advantage ruthlessly to enforce its national interests--and in the process destroys weaker nations. The new world order (in which the New World give the orders) has arrived. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chomsky, Noam: - Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, including Hegemony or Survival and Failed States. A laureate professor at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus of linguistics and philosophy at MIT, he is widely credited with having revolutionized modern linguistics. He lives in Tuscon, Arizona. |