Secrets, Lies and Democracy

This fascinating book describes how the Nazis won WWII, the coming eco-catastrophe, and much more. It has averaged 1700 copies a month for years, and sales are actually increasing.Noah Chomsky has been hailed by the New York Times as "arguably the most important intellectual alive". In this third volume in a series of illuminating interviews, Chomsky discusses why the U.S. is more violent than other countries, how our claim to be a democracy is defective, and what "democracy" actually describes in the real world. Front cover - Secrets, Lies and Democracy......Page 1 1 - Secrets, Lies and Democracy......Page 2 Editor's note......Page 3 Defective Democracy......Page 5 Keeping the Rich on Welfare......Page 13 Health Care......Page 17 Crime and Punishment......Page 22 Gun Control......Page 25 Becoming a 3rd World Country......Page 27 Labor......Page 29 The CIA......Page 32 The Media......Page 33 Sports......Page 38 Religious Fundamentalism......Page 40 Don't tread on me......Page 42 Toward greater Inequality......Page 43 "Free Trade"......Page 47 Mexico (and South Central LA)......Page 52 Haiti......Page 55 Nicaragua......Page 60 China......Page 62 Russia......Page 63 Dead Children and Debt Service......Page 64 How the Nazis won the War......Page 65 Chile......Page 68 Cambodia......Page 71 World War II POWs......Page 73 Consumption vs. Well-being......Page 75 Cooperative Enterprises......Page 76 The coming Eco-Catastrophe......Page 77 Nuclear power......Page 78 The Family......Page 79 What you can do......Page 81 Back Cover - Secrets, Lies and Democracy......Page 83