From the world's foremost intellectual activist, an irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total world domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow.
The United States is in the process of staking out not just the globe but the last unarmed spot in our neighbourhood - the heavens - as a militarised 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 America's rulers are willing to jeopardise the future of our species.
With the striking logic that is his trademark, Chomsky dissects America's quest for global supremacy, tracking the US government's aggressive pursuit of policies intended to achieve "full spectrum dominance" at any cost. He lays out vividly how the various strands of policy - the militarisation of space, the ballistic-missile defense program, unilateralism, the dismantling of international agreements, and the war in Iraq - unite in a drive for hegemony that ultimately threatens our survival. In our era, he argues, empire is a recipe for an earthly wasteland.
Lucid, rigorous and thoroughly documented, 'Hegemony Or Survival' is Chomsky's most urgent and sweeping work in years, certain to spark widespread debate.
