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As new unmarked 540 pages softback. Cold war is chomsky's finest treatise on United States Foreign Policy.
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What chomsky has made vivid is the truth that western political leaders, respectable people whose 'moderation' contains not a hint of totalitarianism, can, at great remove in physical and cultural distance, kill and maim people on a scale comparable "with the accredited monsters of our time. " - from the foreword.

With the same uncompromising style that characterized his breakthrough, vietnam-era writings. New cold war extends chomsky's critique of U. S. Foreign policy through the early 70s to Ronald Reagan's first term. Expanding on themes such as the cozy relationship of the state and american adventurism after world war 2, Chomsky goes on to examine how U. S. Policymakers set about the task of rewriting the horrible history of involvement in indochina and turned their attention more squarely on the middle east and central america.He also assesses U. S. Oil strategy and the israeli-palestinian conflict, dissects Kissinger's memoirs, issues an urgent call to stem the bloodshed in east timor and, in title essay, marks the increased posture of confrontation and rearmament under presidents that signaled the end of détente with the Soviet Union.

Chomsky's moving essays are a strong blend of reason and passion. He tells us what we don't want to hear, what we don't want to remember, but what we must know and not forget if civilization is to survive. " -marcus g. Raskin, institute of policy studies

M chomsky is professor of linguistics at mit, a world-renowned linguist and political activist, and author .