{"product_id":"the-racket-a-rogue-reporter-vs-the-american-empire-9781350422711","title":"The Racket: A Rogue Reporter Vs the American Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile working for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, investigative journalist Matt Kennard had unbridled access to the crème de la crème of the global elite. From slanging matches with Henry Kissinger to afternoon coffees with the man who captured Che Guevara, Kennard spent four years gathering extraordinarily honest testimony from the horse's mouth on how the global economic system works away from the convenient myths. It left him with only one conclusion: the world as we know it is run by an exclusive class of American racketeers who operate with virtually unlimited weapons and money, and a reach much too close to home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOwing to the very nature of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, however, Kennard was not able to publish these findings as part of his day job. Enter \u003ci\u003eThe Racket\u003c\/i\u003e, now in a fully updated second edition. This tell-all book, reported from all corners of the world, will transform everything you thought you knew about how the world works-and in whose interests. Kennard reports not only from across the United States, but from the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. In doing so he provides startlingly clear and concrete evidence of unchecked, high-level, interrelated systems of exploitation all over the world. At the same time, through encounters with high-profile opponents of the racket such as Thom Yorke, Damon Albarn, and Gael García Bernal, Kennard offers a glimpse of a developing resistance, which needs to win. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow more relevant than ever, this 2nd edition contains a new preface by the author and a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Kennard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350422711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Kennard \u003c\/b\u003eis the co-founder and chief investigator at \u003ci\u003eDeclassified UK\u003c\/i\u003e, a news outlet investigating British foreign policy. He was a fellow and then director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) in London, UK. He is the author the acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eIrregular Army\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and co-author (with Claire Provost) of \u003ci\u003eSilent Coup \u003c\/i\u003e(2023).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43931479244915,"sku":"9.78135E+12","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8b0f0a6a-89d2-4eac-9fa0-8a9c9f600131.jpg?v=1758628453","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-racket-a-rogue-reporter-vs-the-american-empire-9781350422711","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}