American power

Informationen zum Autor Noam Chomsky is the Institute Professor and a professor of linguistics, emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A world-renowned linguist and political activist, he is the author of numerous books, including On Language: Chomsky's Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language; Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky , edited by Peter R. Mitchell and John Schoeffel; American Power and the New Mandarins ; For Reasons of State ; Problems of Knowledge and Freedom ; Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship ; Towards a New Cold War: U.S. Foreign Policy from Vietnam to Reagan ; The Essential Chomsky , edited by Anthony Arnove; and On Anarchism , and a co-author (with Ira Katznelson, R.C. Lewontin, David Montgomery, Laura Nader, Richard Ohmann, Ray Siever, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Howard Zinn) of The Cold War and the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years and (with Michel Foucault) of The Chomsky-Foucault Debate , all published by The New Press. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. Klappentext Long out of print, this collection of seminal essays helped to establish Chomsky as a leading critic of United States foreign policy. With a new Foreword by the author of "A People's History of the United States, " this book is a renewed call for independent analysis of America's role in the world. Zusammenfassung The book that established Noam Chomsky's reputation as a leading critic of US foreign policy, this statement against the American war in Vietnam critiques the contradictions of the war, indicting the mainstream, liberal intellectuals - the "new mandarins" - who gave ideological cover for the war.

Product details

• Authors: Noam Chomsky
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.11.2002
• EAN: 9781565847750
• ISBN: 978-1-56584-775-0
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, International Relations, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, Warfare and defence, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies