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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792515603321

Autore

Chomsky Noam

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Pluto Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-78680-073-X

1-78680-072-1

Edizione

[New edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 pages)

Collana

Chomsky Perspectives

Disciplina

909.831

Soggetti

World politics - 20th century

interviews.

Interviews.

Western countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.