Overview
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.
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Author: Noam Chomsky
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Imprint: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 9798888901885
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 13 February 2024
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""A volatile, serious contribution to the debate over American's role as the globe's sole remaining superpower."" --San Francisco Chronicle ""Chomsky is the Left's answer to William F. Buckley. Deterring Democracy can sparkle with inspiration."" --Los Angeles Times ""[Offers] a deepened understanding of the dynamics of global politics before, during, and after the Cold War . . . A compendious and thought-provoking work."" --The New Statesman ""Noam Chomsky . . . is a major scholarly resource. Not to have read [him] . . . is to court genuine ignorance."" --The Nation"
""A volatile, serious contribution to the debate over American's role as the globe's sole remaining superpower."" --San Francisco Chronicle ""Chomsky is the Left's answer to William F. Buckley. Deterring Democracy can sparkle with inspiration."" --Los Angeles Times ""[Offers] a deepened understanding of the dynamics of global politics before, during, and after the Cold War . . . A compendious and thought-provoking work."" --The New Statesman ""Noam Chomsky . . . is a major scholarly resource. Not to have read [him] . . . is to court genuine ignorance."" --The Nation
Author Information
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. Chomsky is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages. Recent books include What Kind of Creatures Are We?, as well as Optimism Over Despair, and Internationalism of Extinction.
