Who Rules the World?: Noam Chomsky

Impeccably researched. If you’re annoyed with how the world is, this book explains it all, very well.

Very powerful book with some excellent ideas and insights, enough to sicken yourself about the world. Hampered by some terrible editing -- most chapters are padded with bits from other chapters; how many times do we need to read about America's post-WWII dominance or the Gaza Strip? The repetition dilutes the message. Also, there's no clear thesis or answer to the problems. Maybe that's the point. Still well worth a read, just keep that knife at arm's reach...

I’m only one third through reading. It’s good to send me to sleep- definitely not a page turner. But if you are interested in global politics you will be enlightened. It’s bound to be USA oriented because of the writer. Although I do find Chomsky dense reading, he does fantastic research and I trust him. So far I have already been enlightened about important political world events, so I am pleased to read the book. I’m a big Chomsky fan from his linguistic theories studied at university and feel I cannot be disappointed by his logical conclusions.

I doubt anyone can read this list of suffering without being moved, whether they believe Chomsky's analysis or the views of those he opposes. There has been a lot of unaccounted bloodshed and death.Chomsky's trademark "brain-drilling" is evident, as is his meticulous attention to detail.I admire how he constructs his story and backs it up with evidence.As always, his well-considered and thorough analysis of various diplomatic and military events astounds and convinces me.For those who are unfamiliar with Chomsky's work, this is an easy introductory. It is, nonetheless, a "must" for anyone who has previously enjoyed reading his books.

It the first time I’ve read a book by Noam Chomsky I found the book really interesting, but it seemed quite biased and somewhat repetitive at times, Noam spent a lot of time criticising the west and its policies towards foreign powers,but gave very little in comparison to the problems caused by Russia and North Korea etc to balance the agreements out.

The great thing about Chomsky is his searing clarity backed up by forensically mined evidence. The US is the most dangerous country the world has ever seen - armed to the teeth and interfering everywhere. Yes, their is abstract 'freedom' - to say what you like, to buy a Rolls Royce, to travel to the moon. But those who really wield power are those who control resources - the press and big business and the military. You only have to ask one question to see through the US. How does Israel get away with it? The reality is that no other country in the world would get away with what Israel does - and it gets away with it because the US (and the UK) support AND defend it.

Great read, gobbled it up in two sittings. Gives a completely different view of how democracy works to the accepted, media driven view. The behaviour of America, and the UK, has been disgraceful, and this book really drives that home. We are hypocrites, we are selfish, as nations...as individuals we know this, yet democracy fails to let us do anything about it. I worry even more about the future.My only criticism...there is a lot of repetition.

There is some evidence of under editing: a couple duplicated paragraphs, some catchy phrases and key themes revisited a little too often, et al. But then the central idea - America's decades-old, rapine imperialism is the major cause of global instability today - hinges on the discussion of the same topics over and over again, from multiple perspectives, and so it's not entirely unsurprising.He doesn't hold back on his presentation of the USA as an imperial power, lately fallen from its apogee, but still fully in the 'old school' mode, playing Great Power politics with gusto, not to mention a breath-taking disregard for its much professed, tediously iterated, ideals of freedom - sorry, FREEDOM! - Human Rights and the spread of democratic ideals. Seen from Chomsky's analysis, it's anything but.I don't suppose this thesis is particularly new, however it is set out with a degree of methodical precision and a depth of scholarship which lifts it above the merely polemical, and forces one to focus anew on some previously-thought-familiar facts. I found myself checking the notes time and again, spluttering over my coffee thinking, Did so-and-so really say that?!, and, Is this really happening?! Turns out so-and-so did, and, alas, it is...Definitely worth a look. Prepare to be rather depressed by the end.

Provides unmatched clarity about where the world is today and how we got here.

I didn't know that Noam Chomsky who is I have been understanding thata prominent theoretical linguist on "generative grammar" which demonstratesthat the lingistic behavior of human's mother language development is innate,and is different from his/her first foreign language (or second language)learning theory if human has it.What I didn't know is Chomsky has deeply and widely analysed many andprecise diplomatic documents and proposed the right solution strategiesfor almost all the world's conflicts.And what I was much encouraged is that his advice are not pessimistic,nor coercive, nor reproachable but they have high degree of realizability.I have enjoyed very much happy reading time of the book.

Must read book. Going to really be a painful loss when we loose Noam Chomsky.

Splendid thanks very much 👍

Spedizione superveloce, imballo ok, merce perfetta come da descrizione.