Case Studies in Hypocrisy: U.S. Human Rights Policy [Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Noam Chomsky (Author)

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Publication Date: March 14, 2000

With his inimitable penetrating analysis and dry wit, Chomsky leads us through the murky blood-soaked reality of America’s New World Order—whether it’s NAFTA, GATT, MAI and the WTO, or our relations with Palestine, Israel, Haiti and China. The second lecture of this two-part set focuses on the motives and consequences of US Iraq policy—a continuing example of murderous hypocrisy at its most lethal.

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Noam Chomsky is one of the world's leading intellectuals, father of modern linguistics, outspoken media and foreign policy critic and tireless activist.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: AK Press; Jan-60 edition (March 14, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1902593278
• ISBN-13: 978-1902593272
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,011,159 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs. His books include At War with Asia, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Deterring Democracy, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy and Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's Blood On American Hands, June 26, 2000

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This review is from: Case Studies in Hypocrisy: U.S. Human Rights Policy (Audio CD)

In typical Chomskyian fashion, "Case Studies In Hypocrisy: US Human Rights Policy" is an extensive exercise in wit and wisdom. Noam Chomsky informs the listener of the paradox between America's official foreign policy and the bloody reality of its practice. As part of Chomsky's analysis of U.S. foreign relations and human rights policies, he takes the listener through specific incidents in such countries as China, Palestine and Iraq. This is a great audio lecture for Chomsky fans and anyone concerned with the plight of their fellow human beings overseas.

21 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Predictions Than Miss Cleo, February 25, 2002

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The section on Iraq is especially prescient. By Midnight on September 11, I already knew the Bush administration would use that horrible day as a pretext to attack those people again.

Mandatory listening for anyone who cares about democracy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Its ok to kill, October 29, 2003

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This review is from: Case Studies in Hypocrisy: U.S. Human Rights Policy (Audio CD)

if I was not the one who did it. Noam provides a brief overview of how US human rights policy has done much to cause the "wars" we now need to stop.

While the connections are obvious we do little to change. We view the UN as a joke and have countless times displayed this.
We have had a past of funding ethnic cleansing in other countries and it would be foolish to think by ignoring it we will change.