He may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.' -The New York Times Book Review 'With relentless logic, Chomsky bids us to listen closely to what our leaders tell us-and to discern what they are leaving out. 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. 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. elites have grown ever more insulated from any democratic constraints on their power.

In the process, Chomsky provides a brilliant anatomy of just how U.S. 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. 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. A New York Times Bestseller The world's leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American Century, the nature of U.S.

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