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E 902 .B47 2004 The best American political writing 2004 / | E 902 .B627 2008 Sinking the ship of state : the presidency of George W. Bush / | E 902 .C468 2006 Failed states : the abuse of power and the assault on democracy / | E 902 .C47 2003 Hegemony or survival : America's quest for global dominance / | E 902 .G66 2005 The exception to the rulers : exposing oily politicians, war profiteers, and the media that love them / | E 902 .I73 2006 The Iraq Study Group report / | E 902 .M393 2008 What happened : inside the Bush White House and Washington's culture of deception / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 2257-287) and index.
1. Priorities and Prospects -- 2. Imperial Grand Strategy -- 3. The New Era of Enlightenment -- 4. Dangerous Times -- 5. The Iraq Connection -- 6. Dilemmas of Dominance -- 7. Cauldron of Animosities -- 8. Terrorism and Justice: Some Useful Truisms -- 9. A Passing Nightmare?
In this book Noam Chomsky offers an analysis of Americas pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that follow. The United States is in the process of staking out not just the globe but the last unarmed spot in our neighborhood-the heavens-as a militarized sphere of influence. Our earth and its skies are, for the Bush administration, the final frontiers of imperial control. In Hegemony or survival, Noam Chomsky investigates how we came to this moment, what kind of peril we find ourselves in, and why our rulers are willing to jeopardize the future of our species. Chomsky dissects Americas quest for global supremacy, tracking the U.S. governments aggressive pursuit of policies intended to achieve "full spectrum dominance" at any cost. He lays out how the various strands of policy-the militarization of space, the ballistic-missile defense program, unilateralism, the dismantling of international agreements, and the response to the Iraqi crisis-cohere in a drive for hegemony that ultimately threatens our survival. In our era, he argues, empire is a recipe for an earthly wasteland.
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