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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chomsky, Noam, author.

Vltchek, Andre, author.

Series:

Chomsky Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--20th century.

World politics.

Western countries--Politics and government.

Western countries.

Chomsky, Noam--Interviews.

Chomsky, Noam.

Vltchek, Andre--Interviews.

Vltchek, Andre.

Genre:

interviews.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages).

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Pluto Press, 2017.

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2017).

ISBN:

1-78680-073-X

1-78680-072-1