Hegemony or Survival

Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance, published November 2003, is a book by Noam Chomsky, a macroscopic view of United States foreign policy from World War II to the post-Iraq War reconstruction. The central focus of the book (as with many of Chomsky's political works), is the examination of the United States' political, military and economic motives, in comparison —often in sharp contrast— to its outward rhetorical support for democracy, the Middle-East peace process, free trade, and human rights. There is an examination of the differences between positions taken by the US government and the people of the world regarding a proposed invasion of Iraq. It also examines the doctrinal thinking of the Establishment in the United Kingdom and the US, such as in regard to propaganda use, centralised decision making and imperialism of Western powers from recent American invasions to the European empires.^[1]

The book was recommended by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in a speech before the UN General Assembly in September 2006. Sales of the book surged after the recommendation, its rank on Amazon.com rising to #1 on paperback and #6 hardcover in only a few days.^[2][3][4]

Contents

• Priorities and Prospects
• Imperial Grand Strategy
• The New Era of Enlightenment
• Dangerous Times
• The Iraq Connection
• Dilemmas of Dominance
• Cauldron of Animosities
• Terrorism and Justice: Some Useful Truisms
• A Passing Nightmare

See also

Sources

1. ^ Piyush Mathur's review of the book
2. ^ U.S. Best Seller, Thanks to Rave by Latin Leftist. New York Times, September 23, 2006
3. ^ Prensa Latina article Chavez Gives Chomsky Book A Big Boost says rising from 160,772th to seventh place
4. ^ Hugo Chavez's Speech to the UN on September 20, 2006

External links

• The American Empire Project