The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. Thrilling and revelatory, "The Shock Doctrine" cracks open the secret history of our era. Exposing these global profiteers, Naomi Klein discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved. Raking in billions out of the tsunami, plundering Russia, exploiting Iraq - this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.

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Published
01/05/2008

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd

ISBN
9780141024530

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Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell John le Carre Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere John Berger If you read only one non-fiction book this year, make it this one Metro There are few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books Guardian Lucid, calm, impeccably researched, gorgeously readable Observer A brilliant, brave and terrifying book Arundhati Roy Powerful ... epic ... dramatic Daily Telegraph A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger, channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo Independent Excoriating ... passionate and informed ... Her prose packs a punch Scotsman