World Orders Old and New - by Noam Chomsky (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Chomsky, the Left's leading critic of government policy, power, and language, takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Featuring new material on the Middle East peace process, this book provides an eloquent, incendiary, and forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's empty promises to the poor.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Chomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's empty promises to the poor.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>For nearly thirty years now, Noam Chomsky has parsed the main proposition of American power-what they do is aggression, what we do upholds freedom-with encyclopedic attention to detail and an unflagging sense of outrage. <i>World Orders Old and New</i>... may be his best book; it's certainly his most concise and far-ranging.--Utne Reader<br><br>Judged in terms of the power, range, novelty, and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive.--New York Times Book Review<br><br>With his customary mastery of the historical record and his command of enormous amounts of source material, Chomsky here debunks the notion that the 'new world order' of Bush and Clinton is different in any essentials from the old world order.... Impressive.--The Progressive<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. He is the author of more than 100 books, including <i>What Kind of Creatures Are We?</i> (Columbia, 2015), <i>The Science of Language</i> (with James McGilvray, 2012), and <i>Requiem for the American Dream</i> (2017).
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