At war with Asia / Noam Chomsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chomsky, Noam.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

242 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh ; Oakland, CA : AK Press, [2005]

Summary:

The U.S. government's war in Asia has been the longest and most painful involvement of U.S. military in modern warfare. For nearly a decade, Noam Chomsky urged the U.S. to confront and avoid the dangers inherent in what is now referred to as the Vietnam War. Drawing in part on his visits to Asia and in part on his extensive reading in the field, he discusses the historical, political, and economic reasons behind our first involvement in an Asian land war. He then examines what this has really meant in terms of our military strategy and its eventual effects, both on the U.S. and the rest of the world. Looking back thirty years later, we still share Chomsky's concern: Will this war lead us to an ever-expanding battle against the people of the world and increasing repression at home?

In an eerie prediction of today's events, Chomsky states that "it is unlikely that we can continue indefinitely on this mad course without severe domestic depression and regimentation. For those who hope to rule the world, to win what some scholars like to call 'the game of world domination,' American policies in Southeast Asia may appear rational. To the citizens of the empire, at home and abroad, they bring only pain and sorrow. In this respect we are reliving the history of earlier imperial systems. We have had many opportunities to escape this trap and still do today. Failure to take advantages of these opportunities, continued submission to indoctrination, and indifference to the fate of others, will surely spell disaster for much of the human race." Finally back in print, At War With Asia provides us with the opportunity to understand the past and present logic of imperial force along with the will to stop it.

Contents:

1 Indochina and the American Crisis 1

2 After Pinkville 61

3 Cambodia 89

4 Laos 145

5 North Vietnam 201

6 On War Crimes 223.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1970.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Chomsky, Noam. At war with Asia.

ISBN:

1902593898

9781902593890

OCLC:

56447078

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