The Myth of American Idealism - How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

<''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 west''s most prominent critic of US imperialism . . . the closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar'' <>

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Nathan J. Robinson and Noam Chomsky

Product details

• Authors: Noam Chomsky, Nathan J Robinson, Nathan J. Robinson
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.02.2026
• EAN: 9781405967143
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-6714-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, International Relations, 21st Century, Political activism, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Colonialism & imperialism, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Political activism / Political engagement