On Power and Ideology

In the late 1980s, in the midst of Reagan‘s interventions in Central America, Chomsky travelled to Nicaragua and gave the lectures that became On Power & Ideology. The lectures provide a master class in foreign policy analysis from an intellectual at the height of his powers, covering everything from the US domestic basis of its overseas actions, to the pernicious concept of ‘National Security‘ and its destabilising effect, to the broad framework of global imperial order which the United States seeks to maintain. A defining moment in the Cold War meets a defining moment in the career of one of its most important critics. For too long now, many important books by Noam Chomsky have been left to languish. Introducing Pluto‘s ‘Chomsky Perspectives‘ series: a collectible, beautiful new list, with cover by David Pearson. Including both enduring favourites and neglected essentials, these books will appeal to the serious Chomsky reader.