Cultural Writing. DVD. In this remarkable 3-hour DVD, a riveting but devastating critique of America's current War on Terror is provided in the format of two lectures delivered in April of 2003, (the first at Harvard University and the second at MIT). Celebrated critic Noam Chomsky argues that it is a logical impossibility for such a war to be taking place, and demands that the U.S. admit its own hypocrisy or declare war on itself. Drawing upon a wealth of historic knowledge, Chomsky exposes terror-driven U.S. foreign policy moves that were purposely left unreported to the mainstream press, and characterizes Washington's current national security strategy as an effort to "control the world by force." The first lecture also contains a lively Q&A session, with many diverging opinions from the crowd.

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Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 7, 1928. He studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1955, he received his Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Since receiving his Ph. D., Chomsky has taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics. Chomsky is the author of numerous best-selling political works, which have been translated into scores of countries worldwide. His most recent books are the New York Times bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, Imperial Ambitions, What We Say Goes, INTERVENTIONS, The Essential Chomsky and MAKING THE FUTURE.