'One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time. When the sun sets on the American empire, as it will, as it must, Noam Chomsky's work will survive' Arundhati Roy From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of 'spreading democracy' - except wreak havoc across the globe and establish a reckless foreign policy that serves the interest of few and has endangered all too many? In this timely book, Noam Chomsky writing…mehr
'One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time. When the sun sets on the American empire, as it will, as it must, Noam Chomsky's work will survive' Arundhati Roy From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of 'spreading democracy' - except wreak havoc across the globe and establish a reckless foreign policy that serves the interest of few and has endangered all too many? In this timely book, Noam Chomsky writing with Nathan J. Robinson, vividly traces America's pursuit of global domination, offering an incisive critique of the self-serving myths that dominant elites in the United States continue to push. Offering penetrating accounts of Washington's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, they examine how interventions such as these have been justified with noble stories about humanitarian missions and benevolent intentions but are now driving us closer to wars with Russia and China. At once thorough and devastating, urgent and provocative, The Myth of American Idealism offers a highly readable entry to the conclusions Noam Chomsky has come to after a lifetime of thought and activism. 'The west's most prominent critic of US imperialism . . . the closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar' Guardian
Noam Chomsky (Author) Noam Chomsky is institute professor emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and laureate professor in the Agnes Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics, and he is equally renowned for his incisive writings on global affairs and U.S. foreign policy. The single most cited and published living author, winner of numerous international awards, Chomsky has written over one hundred books, including the bestselling political works Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, and Who Rules the World?. Nathan J. Robinson (Author) Nathan J. Robinson is the cofounder and editor in chief of Current Affairs magazine. He is the author of Why You Should Be a Socialist and Responding to the Right, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The New Republic, among others. Robinson holds a JD from Yale Law School and a PhD in sociology and social policy from Harvard University.
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The Myth of American Idealism How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers The World
By Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson
Table of Contents
Preface by Nathan J. Robinson Introduction: Noble Goals and Mafia Logic Part I: The Record—Idealism in Action 1. Confronting “Successful Defiance”: Disciplining the Global South 2. The War on Southeast Asia: Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia 3. 9/11 and the Wrecking of Afghanistan 4. Iraq: The Crime of the Century 5. The U.S., Israel, and Palestine 6. The Great China Threat 7. NATO and Russia After the Cold War 8. A World in Peril: The Threats of Nuclear War and Climate Catastrophe Part II: Understanding the Power System 1. The Domestic Roots of Foreign Policy: Serving the “National Interest” 2. Our “Rules-Based” Order: The Application of International Law 3. How Mythologies are Manufactured: Propaganda and the Public Mind Conclusion: Hegemony or Survival?
The Myth of American Idealism How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers The World
By Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson
Table of Contents
Preface by Nathan J. Robinson Introduction: Noble Goals and Mafia Logic Part I: The Record—Idealism in Action 1. Confronting “Successful Defiance”: Disciplining the Global South 2. The War on Southeast Asia: Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia 3. 9/11 and the Wrecking of Afghanistan 4. Iraq: The Crime of the Century 5. The U.S., Israel, and Palestine 6. The Great China Threat 7. NATO and Russia After the Cold War 8. A World in Peril: The Threats of Nuclear War and Climate Catastrophe Part II: Understanding the Power System 1. The Domestic Roots of Foreign Policy: Serving the “National Interest” 2. Our “Rules-Based” Order: The Application of International Law 3. How Mythologies are Manufactured: Propaganda and the Public Mind Conclusion: Hegemony or Survival?
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