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Judged in terms of the power, range, novelty, and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive. (The New York Times )
On the one hand we have the established media, the respectable community of foreign affairs analysts, the government - on the other, Noam Chomsky. (The Nation )
For Chomsky, the 'official doctrine' ... of military intervention to safeguard human rights is as much a sham as the 'New World Order' trumpeted during the Gulf War.' (The Guardian ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
On the one hand we have the established media, the respectable community of foreign affairs analysts, the government - on the other, Noam Chomsky. (The Nation )
For Chomsky, the 'official doctrine' ... of military intervention to safeguard human rights is as much a sham as the 'New World Order' trumpeted during the Gulf War.' (The Guardian ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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The ten years of US foreign policy since 9/11 have been characterised by war, torture and rendition. In Power and Terror, Noam Chomsky places these developments in the context of America's long history of aggression and imperialism.
Arguing that the US is responsible for much of the terror that it claims to be fighting, Chomsky elegantly explains US actions abroad and their deadly consequences. Including talks, question and answer sessions and unpublished essays, this collection offers the perfect introduction to Chomsky for those unfamiliar with his work, as well as a handy reference guide for seasoned activists.
As Obama continues, and in some ways escalates, Bush's militarism, Power and Terror is a timely reminder of why it is so important to insist that the United States lives up to the moral standards it demands of others. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Arguing that the US is responsible for much of the terror that it claims to be fighting, Chomsky elegantly explains US actions abroad and their deadly consequences. Including talks, question and answer sessions and unpublished essays, this collection offers the perfect introduction to Chomsky for those unfamiliar with his work, as well as a handy reference guide for seasoned activists.
As Obama continues, and in some ways escalates, Bush's militarism, Power and Terror is a timely reminder of why it is so important to insist that the United States lives up to the moral standards it demands of others. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Chomsky's voice may be unpopular (he is almost totally ignored by the mainstream American press) but his incisive arguments, based on decades of research and analysis, deserve to be heard and considered. POWER AND TERROR presents the latest in Noam Chomsky's thinking, through a lengthy interview and a series of public talks that he gave in New York and California during the spring of 2002. As he has done countless times since September 11, he places the terrorist attacks in the context of American foreign intervention throughout the postwar decades - in Vietnam, Central America, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Beginning with the fundamental principle that the exercise of violence against civilian populations is terror, regardless of whether the perpetrator is a well-organized band of Muslim extremists or a powerful state, Chomsky - in stark and uncompromising terms - challenges the United States to apply to its own actions the moral standards it demands of others. Required reading if you want to know some of the causes behind recent events, overall very objective and and is probably Chomsky's most damaging crtique of foreign policy yet.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Chomsky gives a brief, scathing over-view of the abuses of U.S Foreign policy, he takes a greater look at the coup-mongering and global terrorism: suggesting openly to all that will listen in the realms of government that if they want to end terrorism, they should stop participating it in.
This book is great because it is more conversation like in it's format and has clearly citable modern examples to give you an alternative view to that espoused by the mainstream media on the current war on terrorism.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I 1st found Chomsky as an impenetrable author on linguistics some 25 years ago, so was reluctant to buy this, but am glad I did. The book is a mix of interview transcripts, papers etc, and is all quite accessible. Definitely useful for finding out what alternative America is thinking.
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