According to MIT and the Chicago Tribune, he’s the most cited author in the last two decades and is the eighth most cited source of all time (only surpasssed by Marx, Lenin, Shakespeare, Aristotle, the Bible, Plato, and Freud).

My one gripe is that it is too repetitive because it is more or less a series of transcripts and dependent on what he is being asked about, hence the repetition.Chomsky did a great job with this book, and it couldn't finished well if David Barsamian didn't ask critical question - almost "every-single-thing" - about how the world really works.

Aslinda bildiginiz (veya tahmin ettiginiz) bir cok olguyu kafanizda yerine oturtmanizi saglayan guzel bir nehir soylesiler butunu. I prefer more structured works where the details paint a more complete picture of some aspect of history/diplomacy. Beragam rasa tidak aman dan takut kehabisan daya yang dirasakan oleh Amerika Serikat membuat kebijakan negara tersebut menjadi berkuasa atas kemerdekaan negara lain. These measures place power ever more firmly in the hands of the wealthy classes and foreign investors ('stability') and reinforce the classic two-tiered societies of the Third World - the super-rich (and a relatively well-off professional class that serves them) and enormous mass of impoverished, suffering people. Ditambah lagi aku juga suka menonton serial televisi yang menayangkan konspirasi-konspirasi tingkat tinggi.Yang menyebabkan pembaca jadi agak susah mengikuti alurnya ialah materi dan pesan yang ingin disampaikan oleh Chomsky. Since the 1970, the US has vetoed far more Security Council resolutions than any other country (Britain is second, France a distinct third and Soviet Union fourth). The indebtedness and economic chaos left by the military pretty much ensures that the IMF rules will be followed - unless popular forces attempt to enter the political arena in which case the military may have to reinstate 'stability'.

When the rights of the investors are threatened, democracy has to go: if there rights are safeguarded, killers and torturers will do just fine. I think the biggest proof of the US hegemony that Chomsky brings up regularly is how (relatively) unknown he is to the world at large. What this book and others like it remind me of is how hypocritical I am and how hypocritical societies can be with regard these issues. In the West Bank, they also wanted to destroy the threat moderation - people who wanted to make a political statement. But there are no footnotes, so you can't check sources, you just have to take Chomsky's word for everything.

Chomsky details how the US interferes with foreign countries, how it uses propaganda, obfuscating language and outright lies to get away with it, how the media is complicit in much of this, and the ultimate goals towards which it is working. Any government which intends to serve the needs of people is labelled as communist and any form of democracy that entails popular engagement with real decision making is anathema. I am not sure I have read anyone else who has so much information on things that happened in the world and is able to cite examples for any question asked, is able to convert that into knowledge that connects the assorted pieces, and then deliver such timeless insights. Aku malah sempat berpendapat bahwa pembaca awam memiliki pilihan untuk berhenti di tengah jalan karena tidak tahan dengan apa yang dibacanya, atau berhasil menyelesaikan membaca namun dalam waktu yang cukup lama. Especially for people who feel that the content of today's news are so confusing, contradictory and false.