Culture of terrorism / Noam Chomsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chomsky, Noam, author.

Series:

Chomsky Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Government policy--United States.

Terrorism.

Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.

United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Pluto Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dissects the events of 1986 at the height of the Reagan Era and describes American involvement in acts of supreme state terror.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface to the 2015 Edition

Preface

Introduction: The Public and State Violence

Part One: The Scandals of 1986

1. The Challenge

2. The Cultural-Historical Context

3. The Problems of Clandestine Terrorism

4. The Limits of Scandal

5. The Culture of Terrorism

6. Damage Control

7. The Perils of Diplomacy

8. The Reality That Must Be Effaced: Iran and Nicaragua

Part Two: Further Successes of the Reagan Administration

9. Accelerating the Race Towards Destruction

10. Controlling "Enemy Territory

11. Freedom of Expression in the Free World

Part Three: The Current Agenda

12. The Threat of a Good Example

13. The Fledgling Democracies

14. Restoring Regional Standards

15. Standards for Ourselves

16. Prospects

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783712410

1783712414

9781783712403

1783712406

OCLC:

930707799