Herman)Ĭlass Warfare: Interviews with David Barsamian OTHER TITLES BY THIS AUTHOR:Ī New Generation Draws the Line: Humanitarian Intervention and the “Responsibility to Protect” Today (Expanded Edition)Īfter the Cataclysm: The Political Economy of Human Rights, Volume II (with Edward S.

His latest books include the New York Times bestsellers Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, and Who Rules the World? Other recent books include What Kind of Creatures Are We?, as well as Power Systems, Occupy, Hopes and Prospects, and Masters of Mankind. Haymarket Books recently reissued twelve of his classic books with new introductions by the author. He is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages worldwide. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. “An interesting work not only for the history it explores, but also as a study of how various individuals and groups write and interpret history.” “ strong arguments against Kennedy mythologists.” he may be the most widely read American voice on foreign policy on the planet.” Chomsky argues that US institutions and political culture, not individual presidents, are the key to understanding US behavior during the war in Vietnam. In it, Chomsky dismisses efforts to resurrect Camelot-an attractive American myth portraying JFK as a shining knight promising peace, fooled only by assassins bent on stopping this lone hero who would have unilaterally withdrawn from Vietnam had he lived. Kennedy’s role in the US invasion of Vietnam and a probing reflection on the elite political culture that allowed and encouraged the Cold War. Rethinking Camelot is a thorough analysis of John F. Haymarket Books (2015, world English rights)

Rethinking Camelot by Noam Chomsky