| World Orders Old and New Contributor(s): Chomsky, Noam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231101570 ISBN-13: 9780231101578 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 327.101 |
| LCCN: 98184133 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.95" W x 8.98" (1.05 lbs) 311 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chomsky, Noam: - 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 What Kind of Creatures Are We? (Columbia, 2015), The Science of Language (with James McGilvray, 2012), and Requiem for the American Dream (2017). |