This work deals exclusively with terrorism, both State and retail, with special attention to the scandal surrounding the Iranian arms deal. With meticulous research and documentation, Chomsky demonstrates the true motifs of U.S. foreign policy and the role of the media in ensuring public ignorance of these motifs. He looks behind the rhetoric for a real and comprehensive view of the role of the U.S. government, giving special attention to the disinformation campaign surrounding the bombing of Libya.
Chomsky sees little difference between such 'pirates' as the Shiite militiamen who hijacked a TWA flight to Beirut in 1985 and the 'emperor'--Washington--in its backing of the Nicaraguan contras or what he claims was its behind-the-scenes support for Isreal's 1982 invasion of Lebanon...Pirates and Emperors raises provocative questions about U.S. diplomacy. --MacLean's Magazine
Disturbing reading and, as always, indispensable stuff. --Ubyssey
Chomsky succeeds in rolling back the decade's mist of conservative ideology to reveal scenes of state terrorism, Orwellian Newspeak in the U.S. State Department, and continental annexation.
-- The Whig-StandardTable of Contents
Preface
One: Thought Control: The Case of the Middle East
Two: Middle East Terrorism and the american Ideological System
Three: Libya in U.S. Demonology
Four: The U.S. Role in the Middle EastNoam Chomsky is Professor of Linguistics and Philosophy, and Imstitute Professor at MIT; recipient of honorary degrees from several universities; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; author of numerous books and articles on contemporary issues.
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