Chomsky Reader

The Chomsky Reader brings together for the first time the political thought of America's leading dissident intellectual--"arguably the most important intellectual alive".--The New York Times Chomsky scheduled for lecture circuit.

NOAM CHOMSKYis Institute Professor (Emeritus) in the M.I.T. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. Chomsky is the author of many best-selling books, including theNew York TimesbestsellerHegemony or Survival, Failed States, Imperial Ambitions, What We Say Goes,andHopes and Prospects.

JAMES PECK is the editor ofChina's Uniterrupted RevolutionandThe Indochina Story,both published by Pantheon.

Introduction • vii

Part I. Interview • 1

Part II. The Responsibilities of Intellectuals • 57
The Responsibilities of Intellectuals • 59
 Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship • 83
 The Manufacture of Consent • 121

Part III. Interpreting the World • 137
 Language and Freedom • 139
 Psychology and Ideology • 157
 Equality: Language Development, Human Intelligence, and Social Organization • 183

Part IV. The United States and the World • 203
 The Cold War • 205
The Old and the New Cold War • 207
 At War with Asia • 221
The American Invasion of South Vietnam • 221
Afghanistan and South Vietnam • 223
Vietnam and United States Global Strategy • 227
Waging the War • 257
After "Pinkville" • 259
Laos • 265
The Mentality of the Backroom Boys • 269
Cambodia • 289
Punishing Vietnam • 299
East Timor • 303
 Central America • 313
Intervention in Vietnam and Central America: Parallels and Differences • 315
El Salvador • 339
Nicaragua • 351
Guatemala • 363
 The Middle East • 369
Rejectionism and Accomodation • 371

Notes • 407

Index • 481