{"product_id":"against-empire-a-brilliant-expos-of-the-brutal-realities-of-us-global-domination-audiobook","title":"Against Empire: A Brilliant Exposé of the Brutal Realities of U.S. Global Domination","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichly informed and written in an engaging style,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexposes the ruthless agenda and hidden costs of the U.S. empire today. Documenting the pretexts and lies used to justify violent intervention and maldevelopment abroad, Parenti shows how the conversion to a global economy is a victory of finance capital over democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs much of the world suffers unspeakable misery and the Third-Worldization of the United States accelerates, civil society is impoverished by policies that benefit rich and powerful transnational corporations and the national security state. Hard-won gains made by ordinary people are swept away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A valuable rebuttal to the drumbeat…from the right.”\u003ci\u003e―New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Entertainingly written.”\u003ci\u003e―Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Parenti writes clear, smooth, often provocative prose, has a way of cutting to the heart of complex issues and knows how to tell a story.\"―Allan Johnson, Author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Arrangements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Parenti, PhD Yale, is an internationally known author and lecturer. He is one of the nation's leading progressive political analysts. He is the author of over 275 published articles and twenty books. His writings are published in popular periodicals, scholarly journals, and his op-ed pieces have been in leading newspapers such as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read by Sean Pratt, with audio engineering by Logan Nyman. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":45791114592429,"sku":"9798349129698","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/9134\/1997\/files\/9798349129698.jpg?v=1772823657","url":"https:\/\/www.echopointbooks.com\/products\/against-empire-a-brilliant-expos-of-the-brutal-realities-of-us-global-domination-audiobook","provider":"Echo Point Books \u0026 Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}