Also known as
  • Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
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. 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 War greatly aggravated the danger of a nuclear war. Chomsky then recounts... full article at wikipedia
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  • 2006
  • 9780805079128
  • 2007
  • 9780805082845
  • 2006
  • 9781593979393
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