Reviews for Terrorizing the neighborhood

The average rating for Terrorizing the neighborhood based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-11-28 00:00:00 Vincent Beck Reading Noam is so refreshing: “Putting it schematically, for the Soviet Union, the Cold War has been primarily a war against its satellites; and for the United States a war against the Third World, with ancillary benefits with regards to domination of the other industrial societies.” U.S. Foreign Policy Rule One: “It would be imprudent to attack anyone capable of fighting back.” “Consensus is fragile and will vanish if violence meets resistance.” The rationale for the Vietnam War was based on defending of South Vietnam; “the trivial fact that the United States had invaded South Vietnam and virtually destroyed it was unthinkable and remains so.” Noam even includes a handy glossary with regular words as later redefined by U.S. power. Here’s Noam’s U.S. Cold war redefinition of a Communist: “labor leaders, peasant organizers, priests organizing self-help groups, and anyone who has the wrong priorities and thus gets in our way.” “Unlike the U.S. clients, the Sandinistas did not slaughter their own populations. The equally uncontroversial fact was that they attempted social reforms and directed resources to the needs of the poor majority.” If you are looking for more reasons why the U.S. wanted former client Noriega suddenly gone, note his support for the Contadora peace process which threatened to replace constant U.S. bullying with diplomacy. Many noted that on the same day that the U.S. invaded Panama to “save human rights”, the U.S. announces the sale of $300 million in high tech gear to China “to leaders whose human rights record was a thousand times worse.” When have you last seen the U.S. Media write how the U.S. forces cigarettes down international throats and is thus one of the world’s leading narco-traffickers? Another great book by Noam Chomsky.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-20 00:00:00 Christopher Kessler I confess, I've always felt too intimidated by Chomsky to read any of his books. I selected this book because it is the shortest and perhaps the most talked about among readers. I found his point of views to be stated in a clear and consistent manner. Unfortunately,I'm no history buff, so I was a little lost on some of the examples he used to prove his theory, but overall I would recommend this book as a good introduction about chomsky's views on american foreign policy.