Power Politics (Second Edition)

Power Politics (Second Edition)

<div><P>Arundhati Roy —"India’s most impassioned critic of globalization" (<I>New York Times</I>)—has expanded the compelling first edition of <I>Power Politics</I> with two new essays on the U.S. war on terrorism. A Book Sense 76 choice for November/December 2001 and <I>Los Angeles Times</I> "Discoveries" selection, <I>Power Politics</I> challenges the idea that only experts can speak out on such urgent matters as nuclear war, the privatization of India’s power supply by U.S.-based energy companies, and the construction of monumental dams in India.</P><p><B>Arundhati Roy</B>, the internationally acclaimed author of <I>The God of Small Things</I>, brings her keen novelist’s eye to her analysis of the tragic events of September 11 and the military response, starting with the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan.</P></div>