The Shock Doctrine, 9780141024530
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Catastrophe capitalism: Profiting from disaster, reshaping the world in their image.

The Shock Doctrine

the rise of disaster capitalism

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  • Paperback

    576 pages

  • Release Date

    1 June 2008

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Summary

The Shock Doctrine: Profiteering from Disaster

‘Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell’ John le Carre

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. E…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141024530
ISBN-10:0141024534
Author:Naomi Klein
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:576
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 June 2008
Weight:397g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 25mm
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Critics Review

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 – , 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

About The Author

Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the international bestsellers No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything- Capitalism vs the Climate, and No Is Not Enough- Defeating the New Shock Politics. In 2017 she joined The Intercept as Senior Correspondent. Recent articles have also appeared in the Guardian, The Nation, The New York Times, the New Yorker and Le Monde. In November 2016 she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize in Australia.

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