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What Uncle Sam Really Wants (The Real Story Series) Paperback – July 1, 2002

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A brilliant distillation of the real motivations behind U.S. foreign policy, compiled from talks and interviews completed between 1986 and 1991, with particular attention to Central America.

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"Highly recommended." -- Booklist

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Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is the author of many books on U.S. foreign policy.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Odonian Press; 1st edition (July 1, 2002)
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Avram Noam Chomsky (/ˈnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, logician, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy, and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He has spent more than half a century at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is Institute Professor Emeritus, and is the author of over 100 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.

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Alyssa Duarte
5.0 out of 5 stars A Glimpse of US Imperialism
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2016
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I'd like to consider myself a skeptic; the United States' public appearance is far from noble and good, and I'm pretty sure most people agree that the CIA, the Federal Government, and the US Military does NOT have the average American's well-being in mind. "What Uncle Sam Really Wants" was not my first introduction to studies/writings of American dissidence, however it was my first introduction to [reading] Noam Chomsky.

This brief book offers an overview of what US Imperialism really means. Chomsky discusses prominent themes such as the US monopoly of third-world resources, suppressing humanitarian citizens (such priests or churches that form support groups for the people), subsidizing free-enterprise capitalist endeavors, puppet governments with fascist overtones, and so on.

Although the subject matter may be uncomfortable to read for some, it is nevertheless thought-provoking and true (as far as I know). Clearly, Chomsky has researched what perpetuates the US as a global superpower, and the average citizen has not. Chomsky's work directly contradicts what's shown by the politically run media, as far as US world views and goals are concerned, which is probably a primary reason why some people won't touch his subject matter. Chomsky dismisses media bias and supports his views by citing sources.

The truth may be hard to swallow, but it is nevertheless an important and necessary step out of the cave.
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Cliff Conrad
5.0 out of 5 stars A short but accurate explanation of U.S. policy
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
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It can be read in less than 2 hours. Its a very clear and concise explanation of U.S. policy since World War II.
About the last 1/3 of the books are his citations. So there is not much rooms for disagreement. Its a "must read" for anyone who wants to understand our role in the world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent experience
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The book arrived in excellent status. It is a great thought-provoking book that summarises a lot of international issues,
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5.0 out of 5 stars great book
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Amazing book. The author made a great analysis of the american foreign policy. This is one of best books of all times.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2016
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Carol. Noble
4.0 out of 5 stars The Hobo Philosopher
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What Uncle Sam Really Wants

By Noam Chomsky

Book Review

By Richard Edward Noble

"I think legally speaking there is a very solid case for impeaching every American president since the Second World War. They've all been either outright war criminals or involved in serious war crimes."

This is a short, hard hitting volume by Noam Chomsky. I say hard hitting but what I should say is vicious. I can't help thinking that if the U.S. government is as horrid, cruel and unscrupulous as Mr. Chomsky claims, why is he still alive? Certainly a government as murderous as the U.S. would have eviscerated Mr. Chomsky by now. But he seems to be living to a ripe old age and pumping out books faster than I can read them.

He does distinguish between the American people and the American government. The American government is evil and the American people are ... uninformed, naive, propagandized and deceived.

That Jimmy Carter, Baptist minister and devoted Christian who has dedicated his life to curing the world of disease and bringing peace through conflict resolution, sat by knowingly while women in South America had their wombs cut open and their babies extracted and dismembered is difficult for me to swallow.

And I could say similar things about other of our post World War II presidents.

But this being said, I continue to read Mr. Chomsky regularly.
He is a class warrior and sees the world divided between the rich and the poor. He defines the U.S. as a hypocritical nation that projects itself to its citizens as freedom loving and democratic when in effect it is anti-democratic and more interested in controlling and manipulating than establishing freedom for anyone, anywhere.

He makes the case, and a good case, that America only intervenes in the affairs of foreign countries when they have promoted leaders who seek to do good for their poor, struggling masses. He contends that the American government is corporate owned and seeks solely the advancement of the wealthy classes.

He accuses the U.S. of operating under a double standard - it can do anything it pleases while other less powerful nations must adhere to rules of fair play, justice and humanitarianism.

Whether this is all a part of a corporate conspiracy or not is difficult to prove. As usual, it can always be said that it is just a matter of like minded people thinking and acting independently but uniformly marching in a similar direction - no consultation or conspiracy needed.

Now that the cold war is over and many of its excesses exposed, it is easy to forget how adamant certain segments of U.S. society were. In fact many Americans are still fighting the Cold War and chasing Communists.

Mr. Chomsky's claim that Americans have been naïve and propagandized contains more fact than fiction. And because of the unrelenting efforts of men like him some of us are beginning to see more of the light.

Mr. Chomsky seems to have a clear view of what he thinks is happening around the world but for most of us everything is not so black and white.

I must also point out that when the good professor exposes all the atrocities taking place in South America or elsewhere, for example, most are South American on South American. It is Nicaraguan against murdering Nicaraguan or the Salvadorans against the Salvadorans or Brazilians against Brazilians or Asians against Asians and so on. That they were/are terrorizing one another using weapons supplied by a third party or money supplied by other governments does not exonerate them from their own acts of cruelty and terrorism. If I give you a million dollars to brutalize your sister or brother which of us is the terrorist?

In Panama, Grenada, Vietnam and elsewhere where American soldiers are actually doing the killing and terrorizing it is another story. But Pol Pot was not an American soldier. And the South Vietnamese who tortured the North Vietnamese prisoners or took them up in helicopters and tossed them out at high altitudes without parachutes were not American soldiers.

Is the fact that they may have received American dollars to murder and slaughter their own enough to wash their own hands of this sacrificial blood of their innocent countrymen?

These international aggressions and invasions by our own country are always obfuscated and confusing to Americans. We never seem to know what is really going on until it is too late. Our government with the help of the media always has a plethora of arguments to justify whatever it is that they are doing.

Unfortunately it always seems to be a choice for us citizens between loyalty to our country and aggression or violence towards others.

America today is giving Professor Chomsky a boost in credibility.

How could it be possible that certain among us could become so violent and vicious when asked to simply agree to help provide health care to their fellow citizens? Why is this self funding insurance program when compared to other government expenditures (Military Industrial Complex - bombs and bullets) such a horrible endeavor?

Then this is followed by the destruction of worker representation and the right to assemble peaceably or to negotiate salaries and working conditions? We are witnessing the erosion of our Bill of Rights and the dissolving of all the social justice equalizers fought for by workers and the middle class for the last one hundred years.

Why would Americans want to strip health care and pensions from the old or food from the school children in their own country in exchange for drones, rockets and more nuclear weapons?

Are these demands punishments for a government trying to do a little good for its own people?

Mr. Chomsky claims that the American government only intervenes in foreign countries when actions are being taken to help the poor struggling masses. And here it is now at home.

As long as we helped the banks, the investment community and the wealthy, everything was hunky-dory. But attempt to help the poor, the low wage workers, the working class or even the middle class and we are on the brink of revolution - Americans threatening to kill one another.

"This is treason. It is intolerable, un-American, it's communist and socialist," we are told by the radical right.
Maybe Mr. Chomsky isn't a loose canon.

Maybe he's a sharp shooter and right on target?

The Hobo Philosopher - Richard Edward Noble is the author of "America on Strike." Labor history.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2016
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5.0 out of 5 stars Still one of the best
Reviewed in Germany on April 5, 2009
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The book is a short but great analysis of US policies, and although published several years ago still belongs to the most important US critic works.

The main sections of the book are:
1. The main goals of US foreign policy (contains "Protecting our turf", "The liberal extreme", "Restoring the traditional order", "The threat of a good example" and more)
2. Devastation abroad (contains "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" and more)
3. Brainwashing at home (contains "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.", "Socialism, real and fake", "The media" and more)
4. The future (contains "What you can do" and more)
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