02598cam a2200385 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020003000069020002700099035001300126040001800139041000800157042000800165043001200173050002400185082001100209100002700220245004200247250002400289264006700313300002900380336002600409337002800435338002700463504005100490520136600541650003401907650002801941650004001969650003002009651005202039651005402091651006702145BJBSDDR20260423120939.0ta160331s2016    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a9781627793810 (hardcover)  a162779381X (hardcover)  a19037063  aDLCbengcDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aJZ 1480bC548w 201600a327.731 aChomsky, Noam, d1928-10aWho rules the world? /cNoam Chomsky.  aFirst U.S. edition. 1aNew York :bMetropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company,c2016.  aviii, 307 pages ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"The world's leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S. policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky argues that the United States, through its military-first policies and its unstinting devotion to maintaining a world-spanning empire, is both risking catastrophe and wrecking the global commons. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from the expanding drone assassination program to the threat of nuclear warfare, as well as the flashpoints of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Israel/Palestine, he offers unexpected and nuanced insights into the workings of imperial power on our increasingly chaotic planet. In the process, Chomsky provides a brilliant anatomy of just how U.S. elites have grown ever more insulated from any democratic constraints on their power. While the broader population is lulled into apathy--diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable--the corporations and the rich have increasingly been allowed to do as they please. Fierce, unsparing, and meticulously documented, Who Rules the World? delivers the indispensable understanding of the central conflicts and dangers of our time that we have come to expect from Chomsky"--cProvided by publisher. 0aWorld politicsy21st century. 0aPower (Social sciences) 4aPolítica internacionalySiglo XXI 4aPoder (Ciencias sociales) 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy21st century. 4aEstados Unidos xRelaciones exterioresySiglo XXI 4aEstados Unidos xRelaciones económicas exterioresySiglo XXI