02697cam a2200421 i 4500 BJBSDDR 20260423120939.0 ta 160331s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng 9781627793810 (hardcover) 162779381X (hardcover) 19037063 DLC eng DLC eng pcc n-us--- JZ 1480 C548w 2016 327.73 Chomsky, Noam, 1928- 3419 Who rules the world? / Noam Chomsky. First U.S. edition. New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2016. viii, 307 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. World politics 21st century. Power (Social sciences) Política internacional 263 Siglo XXI Poder (Ciencias sociales) 1309 United States Foreign relations 21st century. Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores Siglo XXI 73 Estados Unidos Relaciones económicas exteriores Siglo XXI 1786 lcc BK JaaM 60233 60233 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 JZ 1480 C548w 2016 00000115893 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK