The New Mandarins Of American Power

Author : Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) Noam Chomsky,Noam Chomsky
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 558 pages
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Release : 2010-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459603240

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American Power and the New Mandarins by Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus) Noam Chomsky,Noam Chomsky Pdf

Back in print, the seminal work by ''arguably the most important intellectual alive '' (The New York Times). American Power and the New Mandarins is Noam Chomsky's first political book, widely considered to be among the most cogent and powerful statements against the American war in Vietnam. Long out of print, this collection of early, seminal essays helped to establish Chomsky as a leading critic of United States foreign policy. These pages mount a scathing critique of the contradictions of the war, and an indictment of the mainstream, liberal intellectuals - the ''new mandarins '' - who furnished what Chomsky argued was the necessary ideological cover for the horrors visited on the Vietnamese people. As America's foreign entanglements deepen by the month, Chomsky's lucid analysis is a sobering reminder of the perils of imperial diplomacy. With a new foreword by Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, American Power and the New Mandarins is a renewed call for independent analysis of America's role in the world.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1331535913

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American Power and the New Mandarins by Noam Chomsky Pdf

Author : Alex Callinicos
Publisher : Polity
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745632750

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The New Mandarins of American Power by Alex Callinicos Pdf

In this timely book, Alex Callinicos explores the real meaning of the Bush Doctrine. He deconstructs the rhetorical justifications of the ‘war on terrorism’ and analyses the strategy of the Republican neoconservatives who now dominate American foreign policy. A controversial and provocative view on an extremely timely and important topic. Examines the neo-conservative foreign policies of the Bush administration and the "Project for the New American Century". Highly topical Builds on the success of Callinicos’ previous book with us – An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto.

Author : Nils Gilman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801886333

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Mandarins of the Future by Nils Gilman Pdf

By connecting modernization theory to the welfare state liberalism programs of the New Deal order, Gilman not only provides a new intellectual context for America's Third World during the Cold War, but connects the optimism of the Great Society to the notion that American power and good intentions could stop the postcolonial world from embracing communism.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07
Category : United States
ISBN : 014303054X

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For Reasons Of State by Noam Chomsky Pdf

Chomsky S Second Major Collection Of Political Writings, Following His Pathbreaking American Power And The New Mandarins An Essential Record Of Chomsky S Political And Social Thought As It Was Sharpened On The Upheavals In Domestic And International Affairs Of The Early 1970S, For Reasons Of State Is A Major Addition To The Intellectual History Of The Vietnam Era. It Includes Articles On The War In Vietnam And The 'Wider War' In Laos And Cambodia, An Extensive Dissection Of The Pentagon Papers, Reflections On The Role Of Force In International Affairs, Essays On Civil Disobedience And The Role Of The University, And A Now-Classic Introduction To Anarchism. These Contributions Reveal Very Different Facets Of Chomsky S Powers As A Thinker, From His Uncanny Ability To Join Abstract Philosophical Considerations With The Concrete Political Realities Of His Time, To His Singular Capacity To Mount Withering, Fact-Based Critiques Of American Foreign Policy.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781609800178

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The Umbrella of U.S. Power by Noam Chomsky Pdf

Chomsky observes the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a "Path to a Better World," while chronicling how far off the trail the United States is with respect to actual political practice and conduct. Analysing the contradictions of U.S. power while illustrating the real progress won by sustained popular struggle, Chomsky cuts through official political rhetoric to examine how the United States not only violates the UD, but at times uses it as a weapon to wield against designated enemies.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781620973646

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The Responsibility of Intellectuals by Noam Chomsky Pdf

Selected by Newsweek as one of “14 nonfiction books you’ll want to read this fall” Fifty years after it first appeared, one of Noam Chomsky’s greatest essays will be published for the first time as a timely stand-alone book, with a new preface by the author As a nineteen-year-old undergraduate in 1947, Noam Chomsky was deeply affected by articles about the responsibility of intellectuals written by Dwight Macdonald, an editor of Partisan Review and then of Politics. Twenty years later, as the Vietnam War was escalating, Chomsky turned to the question himself, noting that "intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments" and to analyze their "often hidden intentions." Originally published in the New York Review of Books, Chomsky's essay eviscerated the "hypocritical moralism of the past" (such as when Woodrow Wilson set out to teach Latin Americans "the art of good government") and exposed the shameful policies in Vietnam and the role of intellectuals in justifying it. Also included in this volume is the brilliant "The Responsibility of Intellectuals Redux," written on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, which makes the case for using privilege to challenge the state. As relevant now as it was in 1967, The Responsibility of Intellectuals reminds us that "privilege yields opportunity and opportunity confers responsibilities." All of us have choices, even in desperate times.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Hill and Wang
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992-04-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466801530

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Deterring Democracy by Noam Chomsky Pdf

From World War II until the 1980s, the United States reigned supreme as both the economic and the military leader of the world. The major shifts in global politics that came about with the dismantling of the Eastern bloc have left the United States unchallenged as the preeminent military power, but American economic might has declined drastically in the face of competition, first from Germany and Japan ad more recently from newly prosperous countries elsewhere. In Deterring Democracy, the impassioned dissident intellectual Noam Chomsky points to the potentially catastrophic consequences of this new imbalance. Chomsky reveals a world in which the United States exploits its advantage ruthlessly to enforce its national interests--and in the process destroys weaker nations. The new world order (in which the New World give the orders) has arrived.

Author : John D. Kelly,Kurt Jacobsen,Marston H. Morgan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199097791

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Reconsidering American Power by John D. Kelly,Kurt Jacobsen,Marston H. Morgan Pdf

Postcolonial studies, postmodern studies, even posthuman studies emerge, and intellectuals demand that social sciences be remade to address fundamentals of the human condition, from human rights to global environmental crises. Since these fields owe so much to American state sponsorship, is it easier to reimagine the human and the modern than to properly measure the pervasive American influence? Reconsidering American Power offers trenchant studies by renowned scholars who reassess the role of the social sciences in the construction and upkeep of the Pax Americana and the influence of Pax Americana on the social sciences. With the thematic image for this enterprise as the ‘fiery hunt’ for Ahab’s whale, the contributors pursue realities behind the theories, and reconsider the real origins and motives of their fields with an eye on what will deter or repurpose the ‘fiery hunts’ to come, by offering a critical insider’s view.

Author : Roderic Camp
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520936386

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Mexico’s Mandarins by Roderic Camp Pdf

This groundbreaking study marks the culmination of over twenty years of research by one of this country's most prominent Mexico scholars. Roderic Ai Camp provides a detailed, comprehensive examination of Mexico's power elite—their political power, societal influence, and the crucial yet often overlooked role mentoring plays in their rise to the top. In the course of this book, he traces the careers of approximately four hundred of the country's most notable politicians, military officers, clergy, intellectuals, and capitalists. Thoroughly researched and drawn from in-depth interviews with some of Mexico's most powerful players, Mexico's Mandarins provides insight into the machinations of Mexican leadership and an important glimpse into the country's future as it steps onto the global stage.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781429900218

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Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky Pdf

From the world's foremost intellectual activist, an irrefutable analysis of America's pursuit of total domination and the catastrophic consequences that are sure to follow The United States is in the process of staking out not just the globe but the last unarmed spot in our neighborhood-the heavens-as a militarized sphere of influence. Our earth and its skies are, for the Bush administration, the final frontiers of imperial control. In Hegemony or Survival , Noam Chomsky investigates how we came to this moment, what kind of peril we find ourselves in, and why our rulers are willing to jeopardize the future of our species. With the striking logic that is his trademark, Chomsky dissects America's quest for global supremacy, tracking the U.S. government's aggressive pursuit of policies intended to achieve "full spectrum dominance" at any cost. He lays out vividly how the various strands of policy-the militarization of space, the ballistic-missile defense program, unilateralism, the dismantling of international agreements, and the response to the Iraqi crisis-cohere in a drive for hegemony that ultimately threatens our survival. In our era, he argues, empire is a recipe for an earthly wasteland. Lucid, rigorous, and thoroughly documented, Hegemony or Survival promises to be Chomsky's most urgent and sweeping work in years, certain to spark widespread debate.

Author : Carlos Peregrín Otero
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415106931

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Noam Chomsky by Carlos Peregrín Otero Pdf

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Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608463633

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Masters of Mankind by Noam Chomsky Pdf

A brilliant indictment of US imperial power.

Author : Noam Chomksy,Laray Polk
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609804558

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Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe by Noam Chomksy,Laray Polk Pdf

“There are two problems for our species’ survival—nuclear war and environmental catastrophe, ” says Noam Chomsky in this new book on the two existential threats of our time and their points of intersection since World War II. While a nuclear strike would require action, environmental catastrophe is partially defined by willful inaction in response to human-induced climate change. Denial of the facts is only half the equation. Other contributing factors include extreme techniques for the extraction of remaining carbon deposits, the elimination of agricultural land for bio-fuel, the construction of dams, and the destruction of forests that are crucial for carbon sequestration. On the subject of current nuclear tensions, Chomsky revisits the long-established option of a nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East, a proposal set in motion through a joint Egyptian Iranian General Assembly resolution in 1974. Intended as a warning, Nuclear War and Environmental Catastrophe is also a reminder that talking about the unspeakable can still be done with humor, with wit and indomitable spirit.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798888901823

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Failed States by Noam Chomsky Pdf

"It's hard to imagine any American reading this book and not seeing his country in a new, and deeply troubling, light." —The New York Times Book Review The United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against "failed states" around the globe. In this much-anticipated follow-up to his international bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky turns the tables, showing how the United States itself shares features with other failed states—suffering from a severe "democratic deficit," eschewing domestic and international law, and adopting policies that increasingly endanger its own citizens and the world. Exploring the latest developments in U.S. foreign and domestic policy, Chomsky reveals Washington's plans to further militarize the planet, greatly increasing the risks of nuclear war. He also assesses the dangerous consequences of the occupation of Iraq; documents Washington's self-exemption from international norms, including the Geneva conventions and the Kyoto Protocol; and examines how the U.S. electoral system is designed to eliminate genuine political alternatives, impeding any meaningful democracy. Forceful, lucid, and meticulously documented, Failed States offers a comprehensive analysis of a global superpower that has long claimed the right to reshape other nations while its own democratic institutions are in severe crisis. Systematically dismantling the United States' pretense of being the world's arbiter of democracy, Failed States is Chomsky's most focused—and urgent—critique to date.