American power and the new mandarins

By:

Chomsky, Noam

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Penguin Books; 2002Description: 404 pISBN:

9780143030188

Subject(s):

Democracy

DDC classification:

321.4 CHO

Summary: The perils of imperial democracy with Americas foreign entanglements deepening by the month, highlighted by the recently declared war on Iraq, there is need for an independent analysis of Americas role in the world. American Power and the New Mandarins, Noam Chomskys first political book and widely considered to be among the most cogent and powerful statements against the American war in Vietnam, is a timely reminder of the perils of imperial democracy. This is quintessential Chomsky, combining a clear, fact-based critique of American overseas policy with an acute sense of moral outrage at the deceptions and hypocrisy that defend it on the home front.

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The perils of imperial democracy with Americas foreign entanglements deepening by the month, highlighted by the recently declared war on Iraq, there is need for an independent analysis of Americas role in the world. American Power and the New Mandarins, Noam Chomskys first political book and widely considered to be among the most cogent and powerful statements against the American war in Vietnam, is a timely reminder of the perils of imperial democracy. This is quintessential Chomsky, combining a clear, fact-based critique of American overseas policy with an acute sense of moral outrage at the deceptions and hypocrisy that defend it on the home front.

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