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From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. The major shifts in global politics that came about with the dismantling of the Eastern bloc have left the United States unchallenged as the preeminent military power, but American economic might has declined drastically in the face of competition, first from Germany and Japan ad more recently from newly prosperous countries elsewhere. In Deterring Democracy, the impassioned dissident intellectual Noam Chomsky points to the potentially catastrophic consequences of this new imbalance. Chomsky reveals a world in which the United States exploits its advantage ruthlessly to enforce its national interests--and in the process destroys weaker nations. The new world order (in which the New World give the orders) has arrived.

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April 6, 1992
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0374523495
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“A volatile, serious contribution to the debate over American's role as the globe's sole remaining superpower.” ―San Francisco Chronicle

“Chomsky is the Left's answer to William F. Buckley. Deterring Democracy can sparkle with inspiration.” ―Los Angeles Times

“[Offers] a deepened understanding of the dynamics of global politics before, during, and after the Cold War . . . A compendious and thought-provoking work.” ―The New Statesman

“Noam Chomasy . . . is a major scholary resource. Not to have read [him] . . . is to court genuine ignorance.” ―The Nation

About the Author

Noam Chomsky, the Ferrai P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the Masschusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of many books on both langauge and politics, including most recently Rethinking Camelot: John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, and U.S. Political Culture; Language and Thought; and World Orders, Old and New.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hill & Wang; Reissue edition (April 6, 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 468 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0374523495
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0374523497
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.17 x 9 inches

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Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs. His books include At War with Asia, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Deterring Democracy, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy and Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.

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Manfred Finkhaeuser

Eye opener

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2012

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A first class eye opener! Since I have been living in Central America most of my live, of course I was more interested than your average reader because I know the scenery and history pretty well. The author is well known for his leftist inclinations which I really do not share. So one has to read this book a bit carefally. But the sorry facts remain being the sorry facts. The behaving of the US in this sub-continent was at least comparable to the selfish and cruel behaviour the British and the French showed when colonizing Africa and Asia. Very good reading.

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andsoitgoes2

One of Chomsky's best works, if not the best

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2019

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This is one to read, and not just once. I wish I had his talent for writing so I could give it justice, but I'm not worthy. Just read it. You won't regret it. Not necessary to read it front to back. Just don't miss the last few chapters. To me, they are most helpful for understanding what goes on today.

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greglor

five stars for educational value

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 1999

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This is something everyone interested in politics or world events should read. This work starts from a new position, that many are not used to starting from. The facts. It reviews facts and actions of the U.S. government and its allies, and then judges what those actions have served to create. When taken without the traditional bias that the Western world has acted with benevolence, it will change the way you look at world events forever. As a personal educational tool this book is great. As I've already said, it will change how you think about things. Some of the statements in the book, however, are clearly in error, but nobody is perfect. Deterring Democracy is also well referenced for further reading and to check the sources of information. Read this with an open mind, and it will change the way you think, if not your opinions.

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David B

What's it all about???????

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2015

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Want to know or try to understand what is going on governmentally? Here is a good place to start from an author who has his ducks in a row.

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anonymous

Very Relevant Book

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2014

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Chomsky explores American foreign policy and its behavior on the world stage from the end of World War II to the present. He writes very clearly and persuasively. An important and useful book

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Moe

Exposing the Imperial Terrorist

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2013

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Chomsky at his finest moment. Exposing the global terrorist, one documented event at a time. Hard reading but deadly accurate.

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Mauricio

Excellent book!

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Service was good, it came in the expected time frame. Highly recommend this book. Noam chomsky one of the best thinkers of our time and history.

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Carol. Noble

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Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2013

Deterring Democracy

Noam Chomsky

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By Richard Edward Noble

I've read several books by Professor Chomsky. This is the best Chomsky book I've read so far.
Chomsky is always wordy and has a tendency to wander but this book has a theme that he follows fairly consistently.

The title of the book is "Deterring Democracy" and it is the Professor's goal to show just how the "American, corporate government" has done just that all around the world.

It is the author's contention that the U.S. is not and has never been in the business of helping foreign countries to establish democracy in their land. He is of the opinion that the U.S. is much more interested in establishing Capitalism and rule by the wealthy than establishing any kind of democracy.

In a way the book reminds me of another book that impressed me, "One World Ready or Not" by William Greider.

In Greider's book we take a trip with labor and working folks around the world. We see how poorly they live and are treated and exploited by their employers ... who are agents or clients of international corporations.

In this book we take a similar trip championing the peasant and working class - the "non-people," as Chomsky calls them.

Some say that Mr. Chomsky is a misanthrope. This is not true. He is the exact opposite. All his books are written in defense of the poor and unorganized and on behalf of the people. Mr. Chomsky is concerned about what the powerful people are doing to the not so powerful.

Mr. Chomsky is a corporate government hater. He is against the monopolization of the world by big business and imperialist governments.

Actually he is against all and any government.

Consequently, he comes to the world with a much different perspective. Like Howard Zinn who shocked the world with his "A People's History of America" Chomsky is equally shocking.

He puts his unusual magnifying glass and his endless information and details of U.S. foreign policy, contemporary and historical, on the various third world countries of the world and turns our conventional understanding of things upside down.

We go all over South America, Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, Japan, China, Africa and elsewhere. He gives special and detailed attention to Nicaragua and El Salvador. But he also covers Chile, Brazil, Columbia and most other South American nations.

He does the same with Asia, the Middle East and Indochina.

He outlines for the reader a bloody and murderous path pursued all over the world by the U.S. in the name of freedom and democracy but really on behalf of big, corporate enterprises.

General Smedley Butler told a similar but not so gruesome story in his book "War is a Racket."

What is really shocking is the callous disregard of human life on the part of the U.S., reported by the author.

Thousands and thousands of people murdered and slaughtered because of America's financial support to groups like the Contras in Nicaragua.

But it isn't just Nicaragua. This murderous intrigue supported financially and clandestinely by the CIA, NSA, and other American counterinsurgency groups was and is common policy of the U.S. all over the world, Chomsky explains.

We even have a training center for torture and barbaric tactics in Florida, "the School of the Americas."

At this school, says the author, America trains counterinsurgency, murder, torture, assassination and methods of infiltrating and overthrowing any government in South America (or elsewhere) that exhibits liberal tendencies - like land redistribution, income equality, medical care for the poor, free education and the like.

This book is eye opening and thought provoking along with being a horror story. It shows the war that has been conducted by the U.S. on behalf of the control of the wealthy and the super wealthy over the peasant and the working class - a war and a pattern of behavior and elitist attitudes that goes back to the colonial period.

He is not favorable to Reagan and the Bush twins or any Republican but he does little cheering for any of the Democrats either. He hits Clinton, Carter and Truman also. He is not happy with American government and our half-assed democracy either. He points out how democracy is deterred here at home too. He is unrelenting.

He is a tough read but very difficult to challenge.

This book is over 450 pages and he has 100 more books of similar length behind it.

There is just no end to this guy.

Many Americans wonder why so many of the countries and people of South and Central America are so anti-American

Well, this book gives a pretty darn good answer.

The Hobo Philosopher, Richard Edward Noble, is a writer and author of: America On Strike - Labor history.

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shocking hypocracy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2014

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DETERRING DEMOCRACY - NOAM CHOMSKY
Illuminating – informative – punchy – shocking – disgusting – takes you into political arguments you didn’t know existed – reaches subjects other writers wouldn’t touch with a bargepole.
The book explores the activities of the American government to protect the class privileges of the rich. What is surprising is that very little of the book actually deals with America. Most of the book is devoted to Central and South America.
On every page the author sneers at the anti-moral attitude of the ruling-classes in all counties of the world. On every page he sneers at the way the business-classes control the media to keep the public in ignorance. On every page he sneers at the intellectual elite who sit back and approve or say nothing at government atrocities in the world. When you consider the passion expended on the plight of the unwashed, uneducated masses, this book is written by an intellectual for intellectuals, which the author has spent the whole book sneering at. If this book had been written with the general public in mind, it would be written in ‘plain English’... it’s not... it’s written in intellectual-ese. Chomsky is a linguist professor, so he knows better than most, the appropriate language to use to communicate with a particular group of people.
Although the book is quite old now, it is still relevant, since it deals with ‘what politicians say and what they actually do’. There is a large section of the world population who detest America. This book will give you the real reasons why... not the waffle you get in the media. ‘Truth Justice and the American Way’ is a myth... read this and see why.
Great book... great message... for those who have the motivation to plough through it.

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RR Waller

Chomsky's America

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2011

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Chomsky seems to live in a different America; not the America we read regularly about in the mass media but an imperialist, superpower America. The Cold War is re-interpreted, peace is given a new financial slant and the agenda of the doves is examined.
He marshals his facts carefully (as, perhaps, only Chomsky can) to reveal a new portrait of America, one less likeable as new facts emerge. As a political activist, his voice can no more be ignored than his previous persona of linguistic genius in which he proved that imitation is not just how we learn language - there is also the transformational grammar and deep structure. In this book, he explores another deep structure, the deep structure of American democracy.

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Albion Books

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2017

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excellent

Zawjah

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2015

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Chomsky is brilliant, as always

K C

What can I say about Noam Chomsky?

Reviewed in India on June 17, 2013

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In case if you are a die hard fan of Chomsky...go for this !Even if you don't know about this person, you should start reading his books...specially the social science students...spend money and start getting his copies!

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