Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy is a book by Noam Chomsky
, first published in 2006, in which Chomsky argues that the United States
is becoming a “failed state
”, and thus a danger to its own people and the world.
greatly aggravated the danger of a nuclear war. Chomsky then recounts various facts about the Iraq War and argues the United States specifically sought regime change, rather than the stated destruction of Iraq's WMD program.
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
, first published in 2006, in which Chomsky argues that the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
is becoming a “failed state
Failed state
The term failed state is often used by political commentators and journalists to describe a state perceived as having failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government...
”, and thus a danger to its own people and the world.
Overview
The first chapter, titled "Stark, Dreadful, Inescapable" alluding to the famous Russell–Einstein Manifesto, first argues that the US foreign and military policies after the Cold WarCold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
greatly aggravated the danger of a nuclear war. Chomsky then recounts various facts about the Iraq War and argues the United States specifically sought regime change, rather than the stated destruction of Iraq's WMD program.
External links
- Failed States, Metropolitan Books