Hegemony or Survival

Infobox Book
name = Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance


author = Noam Chomsky
publisher = Metropolitan Books
release_date = November, 2003
media_type = Paperback
pages = 304
isbn = ISBN 0-8050-7400-7

"Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance", published November 2003, is a book by Noam Chomsky, a macroscopic view of United States foreign policy from World War II to the post-Iraq War reconstruction. The central focus of the book (as with many of Chomsky's political works), is the examination of the United States' political, military and economic motives, in comparison —often in sharp contrast— to its outward rhetorical support for democracy, the Middle-East peace process, free trade, and human rights. There is an examination of the differences between positions taken by the US government and the people of the world regarding a proposed invasion of Iraq. It also examines the doctrinal thinking of the Establishment in the United Kingdom and the US, such as in regard to propaganda use, centralised decision making and imperialism of Western powers from recent American invasions to the European empires. [ [http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FG10Aa01.html Piyush Mathur's review of the book] ]

The book was recommended by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in a speech before the UN General Assembly in September 2006. Sales of the book surged after the recommendation, its rank on Amazon.com rising to #1 on paperback and #6 hardcover in only a few days. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/books/23chomsky.html?ex=1316664000&en=c6a9d5111c55aef5&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss "U.S. Best Seller, Thanks to Rave by Latin Leftist] . New York Times, September 23, 2006] [ [http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B89E97C80-431C-4B23-B12C-7BD90527A191%7D)&language=EN Prensa Latina] article "Chavez Gives Chomsky Book A Big Boost" says rising from 160,772th to seventh place] [ [http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/9/20/123752.shtml Hugo Chavez's Speech to the UN on September 20, 2006] ]

Contents

*Priorities and Prospects
*Imperial Grand Strategy
*The New Era of Enlightenment
*Dangerous Times
*The Iraq Connection
*Dilemmas of Dominance
*Cauldron of Animosities
*Terrorism and Justice: Some Useful Truisms
*A Passing Nightmare

ee also

*American Empire
*Full-spectrum dominance

*Hegemony
*Cultural hegemony
*Failed States (book)

ources

External Links

* [http://www.americanempireproject.com The American Empire Project]