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Title: The Cold War & the University: Toward an Intellectual History of the Postwar Years by Noam Chomsky, Laura Nader, Immanuel Wallerstein, R. C. Lewontin, Richard Ohmann, Howard Zinn, Ira Katznelson, David Montgomery, Ray Siever ISBN: 1-56584-397-5 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A very important compilation
Comment: Viewing a political era from a particular point of view, from a subjective perspective can often manage to shed light on much more. The experiences reported by the individuals in this book are extremely well written stories that transcend the bounds of what at first seems a narrow topic. Still, if you have a particular interest in education and the politics of universities and colleges, you will find this book even more intriguing.
Rating: 3
Summary: Useful, But Narrow
Comment: A book such as this is somewhat valuable, but I was disappointed by the narrowness of the people included. It's as if only Leftists in universities had any experience of the Cold War, and since we know this to be false, why not call this book "Leftist Academics and The Cold War University" or something? What about the old guys reading Latin texts in their offices who thought the world was going mad? What about old-fashioned Liberals who were profoundly ambivilent towards both the American Right and the Stalinist (and post-Stalinist)American Left? The editor was more interested, I suppose, in gathering lefty celebs with high name recognition than he was in getting a ground level view, and that mention of Studs Terkel in the above editorial comments made me yearn for some of Terkel's interest in the folks who are usually overlooked in the rush to sign up the people who've already had their say. Until a good oral history of that sort comes around, I guess this will have to do.
Rating: 5
Summary: Marxist Zealots?
Comment: I find it very disturbing that people consider these professors as "Marxist Zealots". By your comment, A READER FROM THE USA, you demonstrate who is really misleading the public. Noam Chomsky is NOT a Marxist, he is an Anarchist. Get your facts straight. And to say that these people thought Pol Pot was a "great guy" only shows to which degree you are willing to fabricate lies in order to advance your own political bias. These people are against all forms of genocide and oppression, whether it be Stalin, Pol Pot or JFK and Richard Nixon.
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Title: Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American Empire Project) by Noam Chomsky ISBN: 0805074007 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Masters of Mankind: Essays on the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy by Noam Chomsky, Mark Pavlick ISBN: 1567512569 Publisher: Common Courage Press Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures by Noam Chomsky ISBN: 1565848098 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order by Noam Chomsky, Robert Waterman McChesney, Robert W. McChesney ISBN: 1888363827 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Orientalism by Edward W. Said ISBN: 039474067X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 October, 1979 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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