New Arrival

Author : Noam Chomsky

Publisher : Hamish Hamilton

ISBN : 9780241700884

Call Number : 327.7 CHO

Summary:

An urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity’s future as well as a sharp indictment of both US foreign policy and the national myths that support it. The Myth of American Idealism offers a timely and comprehensive introduction to the incisive critiques of US power that have made Noam Chomsky one of the world’s most widely known and controversial public intellectuals. US military and economic activity around the world, Chomsky and co-author Nathan J. Robinson vividly trace the way the American pursuit of global domination has wrought havoc in country after country – without ironically, making Americans any safer. And they explore how dominant elites in the United States have pushed for ‘spreading democracy’—while serving myths about a reckless foreign policy that has served the interests of few and endangered all too many. Chomsky and Robinson range across the globe, offering penetrating accounts of Washington’s role in the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – all justified with noble stories about humanitarian missions and the benevolent intentions of American wars. Today, they argue, we are driving our myths that have led to repeated with Russia and China that imperil humanity’s future. Examining nuclear proliferation and climate change, they show how US policies are continuing to exacerbate global threats. For well over half a century, Noam Chomsky has committed himself to exposing governing ideologies and criticizing his country’s unchecked use of military power. At once thorough and devastating, urgent and provocative, The Myth of American Idealism offers a highly readable entry to the conclusions he has come to after a lifetime of thought and activism.