Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on DemocracyHenry Holt and Company, 2007 M04 3 - 320 pages The world's foremost critic of U.S. foreign policy exposes the hollow promises of democracy in American actions abroad—and at home |
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... intervention to rescue the population from se- vere internal threats ( like Haiti ) . Though the concept is recognized to be " frustratingly imprecise , " some of the primary characteristics of failed states can be identified . One is ...
... intervention of a Russian submarine commander , Vasily Arkhipov , who countermanded an order to fire nuclear - armed torpedoes when his vessels were under attack by US destroyers , with consequences that could have been dreadful.16 ...
... intervention from the Soviet Union " -the latter more a pretext than a reason , a fact sometimes frankly recog- nized.21 Under the Bush administration , the threats have become even more serious . Bush planners extended Clinton's ...
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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy Noam Chomsky No preview available - 2006 |