Books like Failed States by Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky examines the decline of the American Century, the United States’ post‑9/11 policies, and the risks of prioritizing power over democracy and human rights in the global arena.

Frank Rich chronicles how the Bush administration used 9/11, the Iraq war, and Hurricane Katrina to spin a narrative that consolidated power and reshaped American politics.

Greg Palast exposes corruption and wartime secrets through investigative journalism, focusing on U.S. politics, the Iraq War, and the petroleum industry.

"John Newhouse describes the ways in which America's relationship with much of the world went wrong after the events of September 11, 2001, the moment when most nations were ready to accept U. S. leadership in a war against terrorism. Newhouse poses important questions: Why didn't the Bush administration exploit this rare opportunity to stabilize the Middle East, and Southwest and Northeast Asia? How have the administration's truculent behavior, misguided actions, and inaction at critical moments undermined efforts to curb the production of weapons of mass destruction? Why have Bush and his cabinet laid down edicts that have served chiefly to upset and sharpen the insecurities of other nations, including some of our allies?" "Newhouse discusses the reasons why Pakistan is probably the most dangerous country in the world. He devotes attention to the threats posed by Iran and North Korea, and the administration's bungled, dangerously inept attention to them. Woven through with illuminating anecdotes and vivid portraits of the players - Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Powell, Blair, Chirac, Putin, and others - Imperial America is a brilliantly clear, timely, and powerfully thought-provoking expose of recent American foreign policy: how it has been made and perilously mishandled."--BOOK JACKET.

Collected speeches and essays.

In Power & Terror, the author presents his latest thoughts on terrorism, US foreign policy, and the meaning and true impact of militarism in the world today. He challenges the United States to apply to itself the moral standards it demands of others. Reviewing the history of war crimes, he delivers his now-famous analysis of the double standards and hypocrisy of Western governments, and the role of the media and intellectuals. Power and Terror is an uncompromising critique of American power. With clarity and forcefulness, he places terrorist acts in the context of American foreign intervention throughout the postwar decades - in Vietnam, Central America, the Middle East, and elsewhere.

James Carroll’s *Crusade* is a collection of critical columns that confront the Bush administration’s war on terror, Iraq policy, and faith‑based foreign agenda, offering moral and historical scrutiny of U.S. military imperialism.

**9-11** is a collection of essays by and interviews with Noam Chomsky first published in November 2001 in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The revised edition of 2011, 9-11: *Was There an Alternative?*, includes the entire text of the original book, together with a new essay by Chomsky, "Was There an Alternative?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-11_(Noam_Chomsky)

At a time when the United States exacts a greater and greater power over the rest of the world, America's leading voice of dissent needs to be heard more than ever. In over thirty timely, accessible and urgent essays, Chomsky cogently examines the burning issues of our post-9/11 world, covering the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Bush presidency and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. This is an essential collection, from a vital and authoritative perspective.

An inside look at the U.S. response to 9/11, tracing the political, intelligence, and operational moves that shaped the first decade of the War on Terror.

Edward W. Said critiques the American response to 9/11 and the 'roadmap' for peace in Iraq, calling it a failure of diplomacy and a threat to Middle East stability.

Noam Chomsky examines the United States’ volatile Middle Eastern policy, exploring how war, terrorism, oil, and ideology shape international tensions and the struggle for democracy in the region.