On western terrorism : from Hiroshima to drone warfare / Noam Chomsky and Andre Vltchek.

By:

Chomsky, Noam [author.]

Contributor(s):

Vltchek, Andre [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London Pluto Press ; 2017Description: xix, 192 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:

9780745399317

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

327.117 CHO

Contents:

Preface -- The murderous legacy of colonialism -- Concealing the crimes of the west -- Propaganda and the media -- The Soviet bloc -- India and China -- Latin America -- The Middle East and the Arab Spring -- Hope in the most devastated places on Earth -- The decline of U.S. power -- Timeline -- Index.

Summary: Noam Chomsky, world renowned dissident intellectual, discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative journalist Andre Vltchek. The discussion weaves together a historical narrative with the two men's personal experiences which led them to a life of activism. The discussion includes personal memories, such as the New York newsstand where Chomsky began his political education, and broadens out to look at the shifting forms of imperial control and the Western propaganda apparatus. Along the way the discussion touches on many countries of which the authors have personal experience, from Nicaragua and Cuba, to China, Chile, Turkey and many more. A blast of fresh air which blows away the cobwebs of propaganda and deception, On Western Terrorism is a powerful critique of the West's role in the world which will inspire all those who read it to think independently and critically.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	327.117 CHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K3214

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Includes index.

Noam Chomsky, world renowned dissident intellectual, discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative journalist Andre Vltchek. The discussion weaves together a historical narrative with the two men's personal experiences which led them to a life of activism. The discussion includes personal memories, such as the New York newsstand where Chomsky began his political education, and broadens out to look at the shifting forms of imperial control and the Western propaganda apparatus. Along the way the discussion touches on many countries of which the authors have personal experience, from Nicaragua and Cuba, to China, Chile, Turkey and many more. A blast of fresh air which blows away the cobwebs of propaganda and deception, On Western Terrorism is a powerful critique of the West's role in the world which will inspire all those who read it to think independently and critically.

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