- Failed States (book)
Infobox Book
name = Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
author =Noam Chomsky
publisher =Metropolitan Books
release_date = April, 2006
media_type =Paperback
pages = 320
isbn = ISBN 0-8050-7912-2"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 theUnited States is becoming a “failed state ,” 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 theCold War greatly aggravated the danger of a nuclear war. Chomsky then recounts various facts about the war on Iraq and argues the United States specifically sought regime change, rather than the stated destruction of Iraq's WMD program.External links
* [http://www.holtzbrinckpublishers.com/henryholt/book/BookDisplay.asp?BookKey=2952457 Failed States] , Metropolitan Books
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