Cultural Writing. Asian Studies. Reprint of a 1969 classic. An indispensable look at American military involvement in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos until 1970. Drawing in part on his visits to Asia and in part on his extensive reading in the field, Chomsky discusses the historical, political and economic reasons behind our involvement in a Southeast Asian land war. While the people of the world are clearly the victims of U.S. foreign policy, the citizens of the United States have not escaped harm. AT WAR WITH ASIA is a vital guide to understanding both the past and current logic of imperial force.

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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.