Synopsis

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a bestselling 2007 book by the Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein.

In the book, Klein argues that neoliberal free market policies have risen to prominence in some developed countries because of a deliberate strategy of "shock therapy".

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. This is the tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed.

Details

• Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
• Condition : Good (Almost Very Good)
• Category : Non-Fiction - History & Futurology
• Published : 2007 (This Edition 2008 - Penguin)
• ISBN : 9780141024530
• SKU : B002984
• PPC SP400gm
• RRP : £10.99
• Quantity Available : 1 only.

External Reviews

"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, The Guardian.

"Lucid, calm, impeccably researched, gorgeously readable." - Books of the Year, The 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.

"Passionate and informed . . . Her prose packs a punch." - The Scotsman.

The Author

Naomi A. Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization and of capitalism. On a three-year appointment from September 2018, she is the Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University.

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