After the cataclysm. Volume II, The political economy of human rights : postwar Indochina and the reconstruction of imperial ideology / Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chomsky, Noam, author.

Herman, Edward S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press--United States.

Press.

Journalism--Objectivity.

Journalism.

Indochina--History--1945-.

Indochina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Pluto Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The second volume of The Political Economy of Human Rights remains one of the most controversial works produced by Chomsky to date. In a much discussed chapter on Cambodia, Chomsky and Herman questioned official Western narratives on the Khmer Rouge and suggested that the evidence available did not match up to the assertions being made at that time. These claims would resurface in a recent controversy with the Continental philosopher Slavoj Zizek and readers will now be able to judge for themselves the veracity of Zizek's claims. The work also contains important analysis of Western interventions across Indochina, including Vietnam and Laos, and provides a searing critique of American imperial aspirations in the region.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the 2015 Edition""; ""Preface""; ""1. The Setting""; ""2. Precedents""; ""3. Refugees: Indochina and Beyond""; ""4. Vietnam""; ""5. Laos""; ""6. Cambodia""; ""Final Comments""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783712632

1783712635

9781783712625

1783712627

OCLC:

923336200