Pirates and emperors: (Record no. 9275)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0912439068 (pbk.)
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name CHOMSKY Noam
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Pirates and emperors:
Remainder of title international terrorism in the real world
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Brattleboro, Vt:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Amana Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1990
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 167p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This updated edition of Noam Chomsky's classic dis-section of terrorism explores the role of the U.S. in the Middle East, and reveals how the media manipulates -public opinion about what constitutes "terrorism." This edition includes new chapters covering the second Palestinian intifada that began in October 2000; an analysis of the impact of September 11 on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East; a deconstruction of depictions and perceptions of terrorism since that date; as well as the original sections on Iran and the U.S. bombing of Libya. Chomsky starts by tracing the changing meaning of "terrorism," examining how it originally referred to violent acts by "governments designed to ensure popular submission." He calls its current application "retail terrorism," practiced by "thieves who molest the powerful." Chomsky argues that appreciating the differences between state terror and nongovernmental terror is crucial to stopping terrorism, and understanding why atrocities like the bombing of the World Trade Center happen. In comparing the "war on terror" launched by George W. Bush to that of his father and Ronald Reagan's administrations, Chomsky recalls Winston Churchill's summation of the terror by the powerful: "The rich and powerful have every right to demand that they be left in peace to enjoy what they have gained, often by violence and terror; the rest can be ignored as long as they suffer in silence, but if they interfere with the lives of those who rule the world by right, the 'terrors of the earth' will be visited upon them with righteous wrath, unless power is constrained from within." Pirates and Emperors is a brilliant account of the workings of state terrorism by the world's foremost critic of U.S. imperialism.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element TERRORISM
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Copy number Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf 09/03/1998 1 363.32 CHO 0002815 07/10/2022 1 03/01/2024 Book