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# Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (American Empire Project)

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    However I think this is an excellent book for any non-liberal to read as it provides ...
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2015*

I disagree with the vast majority of Noam's points of view.  However I think this is an excellent book for any non-liberal to read as it provides insights into a mode of thinking to which I'm not accustom.I give the author credit as he cites his points exhaustively, however the vast majority of his citations are quotes from political pun-dents that support his points, as opposed to citing sources of fact.  There is a huge difference between quoting my neighbor stating "that program is a waste of time" and quoting the congressional budget office stating "That program cost $16 billion and produced two jobs."  VERY roughly 70-80% of Noam's citations are quotes and the remaining citations are fact.  A few times he makes key assertions (ie Agent XYZ, a known terrorist, was running guns in ABC, for the US) without a supporting citation.  Many times he quotes facts supporting misdeeds, and they are painful to read.My opinion differs significantly from the author in the role of the US.  I think the role of ANY government (US, North Korea, Iran, Russia, China) is to assure the safety and prosperity of its people.  While it would be nice, it is not the role of any of the governments to promote the equality of the world-- by definition governments operate in their own self interest first, and other's second.I also disagree with another of the author's somewhat unstated assumption.  Frequently, I interpret the author's thesis to be  "If the US had not done X bad thing, the world would be a beautiful place because China and Russia are fundamentally "good".  My view would be "The US did X bad thing in its own self interest prior to China or Russia taking advantage to do Y in their own self interest."

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    depressing, but must read
  

*by M***I on Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2010*

Chomsky is both one of the most influential and most vilified intellectuals in the United States. That's what happens when you speak truth to power as he does. There is no need to agree with his entire philosophy (I certainly don't) in order to appreciate this book. While the style is a bit dry, the message is powerful and relentless. Contrary to well engrained mythology, the United States has not - generally speaking - been a force for democratic change across the world, only for the kind of change that served its own interests as a colonial power. Some of the times those interests have been furthered by helping democracies, in many other occasions American support went to thugs and dictators because they were pursuing US-friendly policies. Americans are so deluded by their own media and government imposed narrative that they are genuinely astonished when they find out that other people's opinion of the United States isn't so positive or charitable. And no, "they" don't hate us because of our freedoms. Chomsky's book is a must read for anyone seriously interested in international politics and the role played by the US in it. It is largely a bleak book, that may leave you with the impression that there isn't much any of us can do about the sorry state of affairs of the planet. However, there are some interesting and somewhat surprising rays of hope. Like the repeated careful documentation by Chomsky of the fact that while the American government often takes anti-democratic and anti-liberty positions, both internationally and internally, the people of the United States of America are far more progressive, sensible and generous than one would suppose: poll after poll show that Americans want a stronger social net at home, less military involvement abroad, and a much stronger United Nations, more independent from American hegemony through the (so-called) Security Council. Indeed, the wide gap between the will of the American people and the actions of the American government is astounding. And is what increasingly qualifies the USA as a "failed state" in a deep and disturbing way.

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    Informative, but not as good as Hegemony or Survival
  

*by J***O on Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2017*

Successor to Hegemony or Survival, but not as informative to the formation behind US foreign policy as the previous book. Excellent work and careful scholarship from Chomsky as usual.

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