{"product_id":"9781780993669","title":"Why Are We The Good Guys?: Reclaiming Your Mind From The Delusions Of Propaganda","description":"One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that we are great defenders of human rights, \u003cbr\u003ea free press and the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps even \u003cbr\u003etragic errors of judgement such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But the prevailing view is that the West is \u003cbr\u003eessentially a force for good in the wider world. Why Are We The Good Guys? is a provocative challenge \u003cbr\u003eof this false ideology. David Cromwell digs beneath standard accounts of crucial issues such as foreign \u003cbr\u003epolicy, climate change and the constant struggle between state-corporate power and genuine democracy. \u003cbr\u003eThe powerful evidence-based analysis of current affairs is leavened by some of the formative experiences\u003cbr\u003ethat led the author to question the basic myth of Western benevolence: from schoolroom \u003cbr\u003eexperiments in democracy, exposure to radical ideas at home, and a mercy mission while at sea; \u003cbr\u003eto an unexpected encounter with former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, the struggles to publish \u003cbr\u003ehard-hitting journalism, and the founding of Media Lens in 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Collective Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300794974448,"sku":"9781780993669","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780993669_p0.jpg?v=1769890868","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780993669","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}