Imperial Ambitions: Conversations with Noam Chomsky on the Post-9/11 World - Hardcover

Chomsky, Noam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241143330 ISBN 13: 9780241143339

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2005

Synopsis

In this important new collection of interviews with the acclaimed radio journalist David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky discuses U.S. foreign policy in the post-9/11 world. Barsamian has a unique rapport with Chomsky - having conducted more interviews and radio broadcasts with him than any other journalist - and here explores topics Chomsky has never before discussed: the 2004 presidential campaign and election; the future of Social Security; the increasing threat of global warming; and new dangers presented by the United States' ever-deepening entanglement in Iraq.

The result is an illuminating dialogue with one of the world's leading thinkers - and a startling picture of the turbulent world in which we live.

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Review:

" If, for reasons of chance, or circumstance, (or sloth), you have to pick just one book on the subject of the American Empire, I' d say pick this one. It's the Full Monty. It's Chomsky at his best . . . necessary reading." -- Arundhati Roy
" How did we ever get to be an empire? The writings of Noam Chomsky-- America's most useful citizen-- are the best answer to that question." -- The Boston Globe
Praise for Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky:
" Unique insight into Chomsky's decades of penetrating analyses, drawn together . . . by a brilliant radio interviewer, David Barsamian." -- Ben Bagdikian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

“If, for reasons of chance, or circumstance, (or sloth), you have to pick just one book on the subject of the American Empire, I’d say pick this one. It’s the Full Monty. It’s Chomsky at his best . . . necessary reading.” —Arundhati Roy
“How did we ever get to be an empire? The writings of Noam Chomsky—America’s most useful citizen—are the best answer to that question.” —The Boston Globe
Praise for Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky:
“Unique insight into Chomsky’s decades of penetrating analyses, drawn together . . . by a brilliant radio interviewer, David Barsamian.” —Ben Bagdikian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

"If, for reasons of chance, or circumstance, (or sloth), you have to pick just one book on the subject of the American Empire, I'd say pick this one. It's the Full Monty. It's Chomsky at his best . . . necessary reading." --Arundhati Roy

"How did we ever get to be an empire? The writings of Noam Chomsky--America's most useful citizen--are the best answer to that question." --The Boston Globe

Praise for Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky:
"Unique insight into Chomsky's decades of penetrating analyses, drawn together . . . by a brilliant radio interviewer, David Barsamian." --Ben Bagdikian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

"If, for reasons of chance, or circumstance, (or sloth), you have to pick just one book on the subject of the American Empire, I'd say pick this one. It's the Full Monty. It's Chomsky at his best . . . necessary reading." --Arundhati Roy

"How did we ever get to be an empire? The writings of Noam Chomsky--America's most useful citizen--are the best answer to that question." --The Boston Globe

Praise for Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky:
"Unique insight into Chomsky's decades of penetrating analyses, drawn together . . . by a brilliant radio interviewer, David Barsamian." --Ben Bagdikian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

If, for reasons of chance, or circumstance, (or sloth), you have to pick just one book on the subject of the American Empire, I'd say pick this one. It's the Full Monty. It's Chomsky at his best . . . necessary reading. "Arundhati Roy"

How did we ever get to be an empire? The writings of Noam Chomsky--America's most useful citizen--are the best answer to that question. "The Boston Globe"

Unique insight into Chomsky's decades of penetrating analyses, drawn together . . . by a brilliant radio interviewer, David Barsamian. "Ben Bagdikian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize on Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky""

"If, for reasons of chance, or circumstance, (or sloth), you have to pick just one book on the subject of the American Empire, I'd say pick this one. It's the Full Monty. It's Chomsky at his best . . . necessary reading." --Arundhati Roy

"How did we ever get to be an empire? The writings of Noam Chomsky--America's most useful citizen--are the best answer to that question." --The Boston Globe

"Unique insight into Chomsky's decades of penetrating analyses, drawn together . . . by a brilliant radio interviewer, David Barsamian." --Ben Bagdikian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize on Propaganda and the Public Mind: Conversations with Noam Chomsky

About the Author:

Noam Chomsky is the bestselling author of over 100 influential political books, including Hegemony or Survival, Imperial Ambitions, Failed States, Interventions, What We Say Goes, Hopes and Prospects, Making the Future, On Anarchism, Masters of Mankind and Who Rules the World. He has also been the subject of numerous books of biography and interviews and has collaborated with journalists on books such as Perilous Power, Gaza in Crisis, and On Palestine.

Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0241143330
• ISBN 13: 9780241143339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240