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Indlæser... 9-11: Was There an Alternative? (Open Media Book) (udgave 2011)af Noam Chomsky (Forfatter)
Work Information9-11: Was There an Alternative? (Open Media Book) af Noam Chomsky
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In 9-11, published in November 2001 and arguably the single most influential post-9/11 book, internationally renowned thinker Noam Chomsky bridged the information gap around the World Trade Center attacks, cutting through the tangle of political opportunism, expedient patriotism, and general conformity that choked off American discourse in the months immediately following. Chomsky placed the attacks in context, marshalling his deep and nuanced knowledge of American foreign policy to trace the history of American political aggression - in the Middle East and throughout Latin America as well as in Indonesia, in Afghanistan, in India and Pakistan - at the same time warning against America's increasing reliance on military rhetoric and violence in its response to the attacks, and making the critical point that the mainstream media and public intellectuals were failing to make: any escalation of violence as a response to violence will inevitably lead to further, and bloodier, attacks on innocents in America and around the world. No library descriptions found. |
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The book isn't a book as such but more a collection of interview transcripts which have been collated and expanded upon by way of short pieces by Chomsky. Due to this, various points are repeated from time to time and I found this a little annoying. A lot of ground is covered in this short book though and I think it would make a good introduction to this line of political thinking. The points are mostly well explained even though I was familiar with them from The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.
I'm conflicted with my rating for the book. It loses marks for the fact that it is a collection of interviews rather than a cohesive book. My conflict comes from the fact that this book was initially published in November 2001 with the intention to get the work out there. This means that the rough nature of it is understandable but I still would have preferred my updated edition to more 'book like'. (