From the bestselling author of No Logo" Naomi Klein's " The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" cracks open the secret history of our era to look at how from a privileged few are making millions from worldwide devastation. Around the world in Britain the United States Asia & the Middle East there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed & catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. Exposing these global profiteers Naomi Klein discovered information & connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world
- & 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"). Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist author & filmmaker. Her first book was the international bestseller " No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies" called 'a movement bible' by " The New York Times". " The Shock Doctrine" has been translated into more than twenty languages."