At War With Asia. (reprint, 1970).DS558 2003-113038 1-902593-89-8 At war with Asia. (reprint, 1970) Chomsky, Noam Chomsky, Noam (nōm chŏm`skē), 1928–, educator and linguist, b. Philadelphia. Chomsky, who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1955, developed a theory of transformational (sometimes called generative or . AK Press, [c]2005 242 p. $18.95 (pa) Chomsky (linguistics and philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, ) has gained a reputation as one of the most fierce and trenchant critics of US foreign policy over the years, beginning in the years of the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. . First published in 1970, this work contains his contemporary critique of the US involvement in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. , now known as the Vietnam War, but involving actions in Cambodia and Laos as well. Those familiar with Chomsky's work will not be surprised by his method of analysis here as he decodes the bureaucratic language of the policy-makers, counters the dominant narrative of policy motivation, and catalogues the impact of the US government's actions on the victims of the war. |
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