books recommended by Noam Chomsky

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "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.

books recommended by Noam Chomsky

Last Updated Jan 31, 2024

1984

1984

George Orwell

The Wealth of Nations

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

Out of Control

Out of Control

Kevin Kelly

The Great Transformation

The Great Transformation

Karl Polanyi

Voices of a People's History of the United States

Voices of a People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn & Anthony Arnove

Democracy at Work

Democracy at Work

Richard Wolff

Interventions

Interventions

Kofi Annan

Supremacy and Oil

Supremacy and Oil

William Stivers

Instruments of Statecraft

Instruments of Statecraft

Michael McClintock

Condemned to Repetition

Condemned to Repetition

Robert A. Pastor

Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Norman G. Finkelstein

Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America

Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America

Lars Schoultz

Arguing About War

Arguing About War

Michael Walzer

The Discovery of India

The Discovery of India

Jawaharlal Nehru

The Kennedy Tapes

The Kennedy Tapes

Philip D. Zelikow & Ernest R. May

Empire of Fortune

Empire of Fortune

Francis Jennings

The Road to OPEC

The Road to OPEC

Stephen G. Rabe

The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Ilan Pappe

The State of the World's Children

The State of the World's Children

Carol Bellamy

Business as a System of Power

Business as a System of Power

Robert A. Brady

War with Iraq

War with Iraq

Carl Kaysen

The Uses of Haiti

The Uses of Haiti

Paul Farmer

John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire

John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire

William Earl Weeks

Washington's War on Nicaragua

Washington's War on Nicaragua

Holly Sklar

Collateral Damage

Collateral Damage

Cynthia Peters

Humanitarian Intervention

Humanitarian Intervention

Sean D. Murphy

A Preponderance of Power

A Preponderance of Power

Melvyn P. Leffler

U.S. Policy Toward Economic Nationalism in Latin America

U.S. Policy Toward Economic Nationalism in Latin America

Michael L. Krenn

Viet Cong

Viet Cong

Douglas Pike

Requiem for Revolution

Requiem for Revolution

Ruth Leacock

American Foreign Policy

American Foreign Policy

Henry Kissinger

The United States and Fascist Italy, 1922-1940

The United States and Fascist Italy, 1922-1940

David F. Schmitz

Capital

Capital

Karl Marx

Taking the Risk out of Democracy

Taking the Risk out of Democracy

Alex Carey

Bitter Fruit

Bitter Fruit

Stephen C. Schlesinger & Stephen Kinzer

Selling Free Enterprise

Selling Free Enterprise

Elizabeth Fones-Wolf

Exporting Democracy

Exporting Democracy

Abraham F. Lowenthal

East Timor

East Timor

John G. Taylor

Churchill

Churchill

Clive Ponting

Politicide

Politicide

Baruch Kimmerling

In the Name of Democracy

In the Name of Democracy

Thomas Carothers

The Origins of the Korean War

The Origins of the Korean War

Bruce Cumings

Spanish Cockpit

Spanish Cockpit

Franz Borkenau

Danger and Survival

Danger and Survival

McGeorge Bundy

The Marshall Plan

The Marshall Plan

Michael J. Hogan

Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire

Mark Twain's Weapons of Satire

Mark Twain

Safe for Democracy

Safe for Democracy

Lloyd C. Gardner

Between Serb and Albanian

Between Serb and Albanian

Miranda Vickers

Economic Liberalism and Under-development

Economic Liberalism and Under-development

Frederick Clairmont

Accumulation and Power

Accumulation and Power

Richard B. DuBoff

The Politics of Heroin

The Politics of Heroin

Alfred W. McCoy

A Thousand Days

A Thousand Days

Arthur M. Schlesinger

The New Intifada

The New Intifada

Roane Carey

The American Occupation of Japan

The American Occupation of Japan

Michael Schaller

The Record of the Paper

The Record of the Paper

Richard A. Falk & Howard Friel

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Peter Kornbluh

Emergence of a Free Press

Emergence of a Free Press

Leonard W. Levy

The Uncensored War

The Uncensored War

Daniel C. Hallin

Just the Facts

Just the Facts

Joy Olson & Adam Isacson

Web of Deceit

Web of Deceit

Mark Curtis

In Retrospect

In Retrospect

Robert S. McNamara

Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956

Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956

Benny Morris

The CIA

The CIA

William Blum

Expulsion of the Palestinians

Expulsion of the Palestinians

Nur Masalha

Collusion Across the Jordan

Collusion Across the Jordan

Avi Shlaim

The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials

The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials

Telford Taylor

Inevitable Revolutions

Inevitable Revolutions

Walter Lafeber

Peace Denied

Peace Denied

Gareth Porter

Facing West

Facing West

Richard Drinnon

No Gods, No Masters

No Gods, No Masters

Daniel Guerin

The Quality of Mercy

The Quality of Mercy

William Shawcross

Conflicting Missions

Conflicting Missions

Piero Gleijeses

Reagan Versus the Sandinistas

Reagan Versus the Sandinistas

Thomas W. Walker

The Limits of State Action

The Limits of State Action

Wilhelm von Humboldt & J. W. Burrow

Ruthless Criticism

Ruthless Criticism

Robert McChesney

The Long Peace

The Long Peace

John Lewis Gaddis

The Iran-Contra Connection

The Iran-Contra Connection

Jane Hunter et al.

Right Turn

Right Turn

Thomas Ferguson & Joel Rogers

Anarcho-syndicalism

Anarcho-syndicalism

Rudolf Rocker

Last Reflections on a War

Last Reflections on a War

Bernard B. Fall

The Real Terror Network

The Real Terror Network

Edward Herman

European Empires from Conquest to Collapse

European Empires from Conquest to Collapse

V.G. Kiernan

The Price of Power

The Price of Power

Seymour M. Hersh

Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Raymond L. Garthoff

After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?

After Such Knowledge, What Forgiveness?

Jonathan Randal

Kennedy's Quest for Victory

Kennedy's Quest for Victory

Thomas G. Paterson

The Crisis of Democracy

The Crisis of Democracy

Samuel P. Huntington et al.

The Regan Administration and Nicaragua

The Regan Administration and Nicaragua

James Petras & Morris Morley

Power Without Responsibility

Power Without Responsibility

Jean Seaton & James Curran

Confronting the Third World

Confronting the Third World

Gabriel Kolko

Worlds in Collision

Worlds in Collision

Ken Booth

The Age of Terror

The Age of Terror

Strobe Talbott & Nayan Chanda

Panic Rules!

Panic Rules!

Robin Hahnel

Qaddafi and the United States since 1969

Qaddafi and the United States since 1969

Edward Haley

Culture, Inc.

Culture, Inc.

Herbert I. Schiller

Cambodia 1975 - 1982

Cambodia 1975 - 1982

Michael Vickery

The Transformation of American Law 1870 - 1960

The Transformation of American Law 1870 - 1960

Morton J. Horwitz

Politics of Health Policy

Politics of Health Policy

Vicente Navarro

Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

Jason Burke

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