TY - BOOK AU - Chomsky,Noam TI - Hegemony or survival: America's quest for global dominance SN - 0805074007 AV - 002 E 902 C548h 2003 U1 - 327.73/009/0511 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Metropolitan Books KW - Imperialism KW - Unilateral acts (International law) KW - Intervention (International law) KW - State-sponsored terrorism KW - War on Terrorism, 2001- KW - End of the world KW - Disasters KW - Forecasts KW - Disarmament KW - Ballistic missile defense system KW - Estados Unidos -- Relaciones exteriores KW - Imperialismo -- Estados Unidos KW - Terrorismo internacional KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - 2001-2009 KW - 20th century KW - Military policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Priorities and prospects --; 2; Imperial grand strategy --; 3; The new era of enlightenment --; 4; Dangerous times --; 5; The Iraq connection --; 6; Dilemmas of dominance --; 7; Cauldron of animosities --; 8; Terrorism and justice : some useful truisms --; 9; A passing nightmare? --; Notes --; Index N2 - In this book Noam Chomsky offers an analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that follow. The United States is in the process of staking out not just the globe but the last unarmed spot in our neighborhood-the heavens-as a militarized sphere of influence. Our earth and its skies are, for the Bush administration, the final frontiers of imperial control. In Hegemony or survival, Noam Chomsky investigates how we came to this moment, what kind of peril we find ourselves in, and why our rulers are willing to jeopardize the future of our species. Chomsky dissects America's quest for global supremacy, tracking the U.S. government's aggressive pursuit of policies intended to achieve "full spectrum dominance" at any cost. He lays out how the various strands of policy-the militarization of space, the ballistic-missile defense program, unilateralism, the dismantling of international agreements, and the response to the Iraqi crisis-cohere in a drive for hegemony that ultimately threatens our survival. In our era, he argues, empire is a recipe for an earthly wasteland UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol053/2003058195.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy045/2003058195.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/hol041/2003058195.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol041/2003058195.html ER -