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.…
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July 29, 2008NAOMI KLEIN is the award-winning author of international bestsellers including This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, No Is Not Enough, On Fire, and Doppelganger, which have been published in more than thirty-five languages. She is an associate professor in the department of geography at the University of British Columbia, the founding codirector of UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice, and an honorary professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers University. Her writing has appeared in leading publications around the world, and she is a columnist for The Guardian.