What Uncle Sam Really Wants. [SIGNED by Noam Chomsky]

Chomsky, Noam.

ISBN 10: 1878825011 / ISBN 13: 9781878825018

Published by Berkeley, Odonian Press., 2000

Twelfth Printing. 8°. 111 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by Noam Chomsky on the titlepage. [The Real Story Series]. Includes the following essays: The main goals of US foreign policy: Protecting our turf / The liberal extreme / The "Grand Area" / Restoring the traditional order / Our commitment to democracy / The threat of a good example / The three-sided world / Devastation abroad: Our good neighbour policy / The crucifixion of El Salvador / Teaching Nicaragua a lesson / Making Guatemala a killing field / The invasion of Panama / Inoculating South East Asia / The Gulf War / The Iran/contra cover-up / The prospects for Eastern Europe / The world's 'rent-a-thug' / Brainwashing at home: How the cold war worked / The War on (certain) drugs / War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength / Socialism, real and fake / The media / The future: Things have changed / What you can do / The struggle continues // Sprache: english. Seller Inventory # 29104AB

Synopsis:

'Chomsky's work is neither theoretical, nor ideological: it is passionate and righteous. It has some of the qualities of Revelations, the Old Testament prophets and Blake' Ken Jowitt, TLS A brilliant distillation of the real motivations behind U.S. foreign policy, compiled from talks and interviews completed between 1986 and 1991, with particular attention to Central America. Quotes from Noam Chomsky: * Contrary to what virtually everyone - left or right - says, the United States achieved its major objectives in Indochina. Vietnam was demolished. There's no danger that successful development there will provide a model for other nations in the region. * At exactly the moment it invaded Panama... the Bush administration announced new high-technology sales to China [and] plans... to lift ban on loans to Iraq... Compared to Bush's buddies in Baghdad and Beijing, Noriega looked like Mother Teresa. * Prospects are pretty dim for Eastern Europe. The West has a plan for it - they want to turn large parts of it into a new, easily exploitable part of the Third World.

About the Author: 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 Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona.

Bibliographic Details

Title: What Uncle Sam Really Wants. [SIGNED by Noam...
Publisher: Berkeley, Odonian Press.
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)