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Hegemony or Survival: America’s quest for global dominance by Noam Chomsky
America was born during a war and seems to have been at war ever since. The American psyche is such that self-interest rises above all, even if self-interest means the suppression of the rights, democracy and self interest of others. Noam Chomsky takes a critical analysis of the influence of US foreign policy, its continued support of terrorists and rogue states, and its overall quest for global domination.
The boldness with which the US is prepared to ignore international law has increased since the fall of the Soviet Union left it as the world’s only superpower and self appointed world policeman. Unfortunely, it is acting more like a Texas county sherrif who interprets the law to suit itself and turns a blind eye to lawbreaking if it is advantageous.
Chomsky is obviously from the left wing of politics, but the facts in this book are presented in a relatively balanced manner (some may disagree) and make you think that probably ever US president in the last 100 years could probably have been convicted as a war criminal. (Both Bushes should certainly be on the list.)
I highly recommend this book.

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