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Abstract
Chomsky ends his preface to Culture of Terrorism with the words, 'As the latest inheritors of a grim tradition, we should at least have the integrity to look in the mirror without evasion'. The tradition to which he is referring is none other than the Western imperial project and in encouraging Americans to pursue integrity, he dissects the events of just one year - 1986 - at the height of the Reagan Era and describes American involvement in acts of supreme state terror, both open and clandestine, to present a case study which has great relevance today and whose lessons must never be forgotten.
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Preface to the 2015 Edition | vii | ||
| Preface | xix | ||
| Introduction: The Public and State Violence | 1 | ||
| Part One: The Scandals of 1986 | 5 | ||
| 1. The Challenge | 7 | ||
| 2. The Cultural-Historical Context | 23 | ||
| 3. The Problems of Clandestine Terrorism | 35 | ||
| 4. The Limits of Scandal | 59 | ||
| 5. The Culture of Terrorism | 69 | ||
| 6. Damage Control | 107 | ||
| 7. The Perils of Diplomacy | 127 | ||
| 8. The Reality That Must Be Effaced: Iran and Nicaragua | 169 | ||
| Part Two: Further Successes of the Reagan Administration | 193 | ||
| 9. Accelerating the Race Towards Destruction | 195 | ||
| 10. Controlling \"Enemy Territory | 199 | ||
| 11. Freedom of Expression in the Free World | 203 | ||
| Part Three: The Current Agenda | 215 | ||
| 12. The Threat of a Good Example | 217 | ||
| 13. The Fledgling Democracies | 225 | ||
| 14. Restoring Regional Standards | 251 | ||
| 15. Standards for Ourselves | 255 | ||
| 16. Prospects | 261 | ||
| Notes | 263 | ||
| Index | 303 |