The Myth of American Idealism How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers The World By Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson
Table of Contents
Preface by Nathan J. Robinson
Introduction: Noble Goals and Mafia Logic
Part I: The Record—Idealism in Action - Confronting “Successful Defiance”: Disciplining the Global South
- The War on Southeast Asia: Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia
- 9/11 and the Wrecking of Afghanistan
- Iraq: The Crime of the Century
- The U.S., Israel, and Palestine
- The Great China Threat
- NATO and Russia After the Cold War
- A World in Peril: The Threats of Nuclear War and Climate Catastrophe
Part II: Understanding the Power System - The Domestic Roots of Foreign Policy: Serving the “National Interest”
- Our “Rules-Based” Order: The Application of International Law
- How Mythologies are Manufactured: Propaganda and the Public Mind
Conclusion: Hegemony or Survival?