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The Shock Doctrine

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:1st May '08

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'Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell' John le Carré

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.

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.

'Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere' John Berger

'If you only read one non-fiction book this year, make it this one' Metro Books of the Year

'There are a few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books' John Gray, Guardian

'A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger, channelled through hard fact. She has indeed surpassed No Logo' Independent

Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell * John le Carré *
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 -- , Books of the Year * Metro *
There are few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books -- John Gray * Guardian *
Lucid, calm, impeccably researched, gorgeously readable -- , Books of the Year * 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 *
Packed with thinking dynamite … a book to be read everywhere * John Berger *

  • Winner of Warwick Prize for Writing 2009

ISBN: 9780141024530

Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 25mm

Weight: 400g

576 pages