Hegemony Or Survival

Presents an irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow. This title reveals the truth and the true motives behind America's quest for dominance - and seeks also to show how the world may yet step back from the brink.|Presents an irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow. This title reveals the truth and the true motives behind America's quest for dominance - and seeks also to show ho...|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. He is the author of numerous bestselling political works which have been translated into scores of languages worldwide. Among the books are Optimism Over Despair The Precipice Chronicles of Dissent On Anarchism and Hegemony or Survival.|'One of the radical heroes of our age. A towering intellect' GuardianHegemony or Survival is Noam Chomsky's essential polemic on American foreign policy.Noam Chomsky the world's foremost intellectual activist presents an irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow.From the funding of repressive regimes to the current 'war on terror' from the toppling of governments opposing its beliefs to the invasion of Iraq America pursues its global strategy no matter what the cost. With the rigour and insight that have made him our most important unraveller of accredited lies Noam Chomsky reveals the truth and the true motives behind America's quest for dominance - and seeks also to show how the world may yet step back from the brink.'A devastating history of American foreign policy since 1945 as well as a dissection of the current war on terror' Tim Adams Observer'Anybody who thinks about American foreign policy has to read and contemplate Hegemony or Survival' Independent'One of the finest minds of the twentieth century' The New Yorker