The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
A New York Times Critics’ Pick • Named Book of the Year by: San Francisco Chronicle • Publishers Weekly • Quill & Quire • The Village Voice • The Observer • The Scotsman • Sunday Herald • Irish Examiner • Chicago Sun-Times • Sacramento News & Review • The Seattle Times
A New York Times and international #1 bestseller, winner of the 2009 Warwick Prize for Writing and translated into over 30 languages.
From the author of No Logo—the gripping story of how America’s “free market” polices exploited crises and shock for three decades from Pinochet’s coup in Chile in 1973 to the "War on Terror."
In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S.…