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Review "Chomskyesque . . . A useful, thought-provoking challenge to the Western human rights consensus." —_Publishers Weekly_ "An engaging and original look at America's foreign policy, accessible and well researched." —_Library Journal_ "A prodigiously researched, provocative critique." —_Kirkus_ "_Ideal Illusions _forces us to confront a great contradiction: how the noble vision of human rights has been compromised and manipulated to serve the purposes of the national security state and divert attention from deep economic, political, and military pathologies. James Peck's work, based on a rigorous examination of an enormous collection of official and archival documents, is essential, sobering, and eye-opening." —John Dower, author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II "This incisive and sophisticated analysis exposes the 'hidden history that once again reveals just how tied into U.S. national security concerns the evolution of human rights attitudes has been.' Ideal Illusions is a well-documented, impressive account and a timely warning to seek the interests that lie behind appealing rhetoric." —Noam Chomsky, author of Failed States: The Abuse of Power and t

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Author

Peck, James

Publisher

Metropolitan Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805083286

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Government & Politics, Social_sciences

Rating

4.5 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14