James corbett noam chomsky biography
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James corbett noam chomsky biography
The Myth of American Idealism
2024 book by Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World is a 2024 book by Noam Chomsky and Nathan J.
Robinson. The book is predominantly a critique of U.S. foreign policy and the idea of American exceptionalism, highlighting how U.S. interventions have frequently worsened global conflicts.
According to Robinson, the book “draws insights from across [Chomsky’s] body of work into a single volume that could introduce people to his central critiques of U.S.
foreign policy.”[1]
Background
The book was completed before the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel, and before Chomsky suffered a stroke. Robinson analyzes the Hamas attacks and its aftermath, in the appendix using Chomsky's prior works.[2]
Content
The book is divided into two parts.
Part 1, titled "The Record: Idealism in Action", discusses U.S. role in various regime change operations and U.S. m