The Myth of American Idealism
How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
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Narrated by:
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Sean Patrick Hopkins
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From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity’s future
The land of the free. The home of the brave. But what has America achieved in the aim of ‘spreading democracy’ — except wreak havoc across the globe and establish a reckless foreign policy that serves the interest of few and has endangered all too many?
In this timely book, Noam Chomsky writing with Nathan J. Robinson, vividly traces America’s pursuit of global domination, offering an incisive critique of the self-serving myths that dominant elites in the United States continue to push.
Offering penetrating accounts of Washington’s role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, they examine how interventions such as these have been justified with noble stories about humanitarian missions and benevolent intentions but are now driving us closer to wars with Russia and China.
At once thorough and devastating, urgent and provocative, The Myth of American Idealism offers a highly compelling entry to the conclusions Noam Chomsky has come to after a lifetime of thought and activism.
'One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time. When the sun sets on the American empire, as it will, as it must, Noam Chomsky's work will survive' Arundhati Roy
'The west's most prominent critic of US imperialism . . . the closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar' Guardian
Erudite analysis presented clearly without the self serving waffle of our politicians.
Noam Chomsky wrote this.
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I believe Nathan J. Roberts’s here is pulling almost all the weight, with Chomsky being a name to attract publishing sales. Nathan has done a fantastic job on this book, and I believe this is a fantastic book for both informed and new persons wishing to understand criticism of American foreign policy.
For newer people to politics I believe this book is much more accessible than Manufacturing consent (although both serve different purposes). The narrator also does a fantastic job of conveying emphasis to important claims.
This book was written before Oct 7th, and therefore if the book was to be released today Its chapters would no doubt be written slightly differently while maintaining the same criticism (if not more so).
Overall great read.
Critical analysis and criticism backed by history.
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