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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: The United States asserts a special status that lets it evade all international law.
Chapter 2: The United States follows its own rules whenever it punishes its enemies, whether real or imagined ones.
Chapter 3: Economic interests matter more to the United States than seriously confronting climate change.
Chapter 4: The United States pursued a deliberate campaign to antagonize Cuba for refusing to bend to its will.
Chapter 5: US economic aims often eclipse its stated policy goals of promoting democracy abroad.
Chapter 6: The United States seeks Middle East peace, but only when it gains from it, too.
Chapter 7: A US-led invasion of Iraq was legally and morally suspect and ultimately a failure too.
Chapter 8: The United States suffers a democracy deficit, and thus can be deemed a failed state.
Description
In Failed States, author Noam Chomsky details the ways in which the United States has used its power to relentlessly pursue its own geopolitical and economic interests. The book cites examples from throughout history to demonstrate why the United States’ stated goal of promoting democracy is inconsistent with its own actions, at home and abroad.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone critical of US foreign policy
- Anyone interested in international politics
- Anyone interested in history