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THE ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTION TO CHOMSKY'S POLITICAL IDEAS

With exceptional clarity and power of argument, Noam Chomsky lays bare as no one else can the realities of contemporary geopolitics. Divided into four sections, originally published in the US only as individual short books, collectively selling over half a million copies, How the World Works covers:

WHAT UNCLE SAM REALLY WANTS:
 the main...

'The most famous living practitioner of international statecraft . . .  On China is part grand historical tour, part riveting memoir and part analysis'  Philip Sherwell, Sunday Telegraph  

The impact of emerging economies and sovereign wealth funds on capital markets: what investors must know to profit in the coming decade.

IN WHAT REGION OF THE WORLD CAN WE BEST GLIMPSE THE FUTURE?

For much of the twentieth century, Europe dominated global attention. Two world wars were won and lost on its battlefields, and the great ideological struggles of the Cold War were played out in its cities. The Atlantic Ocean was the locus of international power.

'Occupy is the first major public response to thirty years of class war.'

'The language is lyrical, but Roy's critique is excoriating'   Scotsman

There's an India we don't know about. Behind the public image of a country of astonishing growth, with swelling cities and a burgeoning middle class, there's a country at war with itself.

For India's poor are being displaced on an industrial scale as companies move into rural areas to plunder their mineral wealth. But with...

In issues including the ongoing financial crisis, Obama's presidency, the limits of the two-party system, nuclear Iran, Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine, corporate power, and the future of American politics. Laced throughout his critiques are expressions of commitment to democracy and the power of popular struggles. 'Progressive legislation and social welfare,' writes Chomsky, 'have been won by popular...

MR CHIDAMBARAM'S WAR
'The low, flat-topped hills of south Orissa have been home to the Dongria Kondh long before there was a country called India or a state called Orissa . . . '

WALKING WITH THE COMRADES
'The terse, typewritten note slipped under my door in a sealed envelope confirmed my appointment with 'India's single biggest internal security challenge'.  I'd been waiting for months to hear...

'NOAM CHOMSKY IS A GLOBAL PHENOMENON . . . HE MAY BE THE MOST WIDELY READ AMERICAN VOICE ON FOREIGN POLICY ON THE PLANT TODAY' THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

From the targeting of schools and hospitals, to the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus, Israel's conduct in 'Operation Cast Lead' has rattled even some of its most strident supporters.

In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky surveys the threats and prospects of our early twenty-first century. Exploring challenges such as the growing gap between North and South, American exceptionalism (even under Obama), the fiascos of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Israeli assault on Gaza and the recent financial bailouts, he also sees hope for the future and a way to move forward - in the so-called democratic...

'Razor-sharp, passionate'  Sunday Times
 
'The essays in Listening to Grasshoppers are hand grenades'  Observer

Could it be that democracy, the sacred answer to our short-term hopes and prayers, the protector of our individual freedoms and nurturer of our avaricious dreams, will turn out to be the endgame for the human race?

'Chomsky is one of the radical heroes of our age.  A towering intellect'
Guardian

The Middle East is a site of vast resources, profound passions, frequent crises, and long-standing conflicts - and, of course, a key site of direct US intervention.