How the world works
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Chomsky, Noam

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Barsamian, David interviewer.
Naiman, Arthur, editor.

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What Uncle Sam really wants : The main goals of US foreign policy : Protecting our turf ; The liberal extreme ; The "Grand Area" ;- Restoring the traditional order ; Our commitment to democracy ; The threat of a good example ; The three-sided world

Devastation abroad : Our good neighbor policy ; The crucifixion of El Salvador ; Teaching Nicaragua a lesson ; Making Guatemala a killing field ; The invasion of Panama ; Inoculating Southeast Asia ; The Gulf War ; The Iran/contra cover-up ; The prospects for Eastern Europe ; The world's rent-a-thug

Brainwashing at home : How the Cold War worked ; The war on (certain) drugs ; War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength ; Socialism, real and fake ; The media

The future : Things have changed ; What you can do ; The struggle continues.

The prosperous few and the restless many : The new global economy

NAFTA and GATT: who benefits?

3. Food and third world "economic miracles"

Photo ops in Somalia

Slav vs. Slav

The chosen country

Gandhi, nonviolence and India

Divide and conquer

The roots of racism

The unmentionable five-letter word

Human nature and self-image

It can't happen here, can it?

Hume's paradox

"Outside the pale of intellectual responsibility."

Secrets, lies and democracy : The US. : Defective punishment ; Keeping the rich on welfare ; Health care ; Crime and punishment ; Gun control ; Becoming a third world country ; Labour ; The CIA ; The media ; Sports ; Religious fundamentalism ; Don't tread on me

The world : Toward a greater inequality ; "Free trade" ; Mexico (and South Central LA) ; Haiti ; Nicaragua ; China ; Russia ; Dead children and debt service

Historical background : How the Nazis won the war ; Chile ; Cambodia ; World War II POWs

Miscellaneous topics : Consumption vs. well-being ; Cooperative enterprises ; The coming eco-catastrophe ; Nuclear power ; The family ; What you can do.

The common good : The common good : That dangerous radical Aristotle ; Equality ; Libraries ; Freedom

On the home front : The myth of hard times ; Corporate welfare ; Crime: in the suites vs. in the streets ; The media ; More money, fewer votes ; Is corporate power invincible?

Around the world : Is globalization inevitable? ; The myth of third world debt ; Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala ; Brazil, Argentina and Chile ; The Mideast ; East Timor ; India ; International organizations

The US left (and imitations thereof) : Are left and right meaningful terms? ; The narcissism of small differences ; Postmodernism ; Excommunicated by the illuminati

What you can do : Signs of progress (and not) ; Resistance ; The magic answer ; Manufacturing dissent.

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International economic relations.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government.

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336 pages ; 21 cm.

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English

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Includes index.

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"Four classic bestsellers in one affordable volume."

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Chomsky, N., Barsamian, D., & Naiman, A. (2011). How the world works . Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chomsky, Noam, David Barsamian and Arthur, Naiman. 2011. How the World Works. Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chomsky, Noam, David Barsamian and Arthur, Naiman. How the World Works Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2011.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Chomsky, Noam, David Barsamian, and Arthur Naiman. How the World Works Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2011.

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