Summary
Noam Chomsky: Imperial Aspirations
Timely, instructive and much needed, this collection of conversations between David Barsamian – an award-winning radio journalist – and Noam Chomsky examines American policy in a highly volatile post-9/11 world. In conversations that appear for the first time in print, Chomsky presents candid, provocative and informed views on the attack on Iraq and the occupation that followed, on the doctrine of pre-emptive attacks on so-called rogue states and the American efforts to establish global dominance that represent an increasing threat to international peace. In a familiar style, Chomsky also criticizes the propaganda system that erases unpleasant facts from history by falsifying a mythical past. The book Imperial Aspirations - as a kind of continuation of the book Hegemony or survival - also explores the presidential elections of 2004, the issue of social rights and the growing threat of global warming. The result is an instructive dialogue with one of the leading thinkers of our time, a poignant picture of the uncertain world we live in and a confirmation of numerous possibilities for our more beautiful and humane future.
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