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Culture of Terrorism
Noam Chomsky
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Paperback. Using the Iran-contra scandal as an example, Chomsky shows how the United States has opposed human rights and democratisation to advance its economic interests. Series: Chomsky Perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
Chomsky ends his preface to Culture of Terrorism with the words, 'As the latest inheritors of a grim tradition, we should at least have the integrity to look in the mirror without evasion'. The tradition to which he is referring is none other than the Western imperial project and in encouraging Americans to pursue integrity, he dissects the events of just one year - 1986 - at the height of the Reagan Era and describes American involvement in acts of supreme state terror, both open and clandestine, to present a case study which has great relevance today and whose lessons ... Read more
Chomsky ends his preface to Culture of Terrorism with the words, 'As the latest inheritors of a grim tradition, we should at least have the integrity to look in the mirror without evasion'. The tradition to which he is referring is none other than the Western imperial project and in encouraging Americans to pursue integrity, he dissects the events of just one year - 1986 - at the height of the Reagan Era and describes American involvement in acts of supreme state terror, both open and clandestine, to present a case study which has great relevance today and whose lessons ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Chomsky Perspectives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745335438
SKU
V9780745335438
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About Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in history and has profoundly shaped contemporary understanding of American politics. An ally of anarcho-syndicalists the world over, he has authored numerous books on linguistics, history and politics. He is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury ... Read more
Reviews for Culture of Terrorism
'Infused with the anger of a truly moral man ... powerful, always provocative stuff.'
Guardian
Guardian