3rd Edition
A New Generation Draws the Line Humanitarian Intervention and the “Responsibility to Protect” Today
By Noam Chomsky
Copyright 2025
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this work, Chomsky explores the West’s uses and abuses of the principle of "human intervention." An updated foreword by Jean Bricmont explores the ongoing crises of humanitarian intervention in Afghanistan, Libya, Palestine, Syria, and Ukraine and reaffirms Chomsky’s excoriating critiques of Western foreign policy. Chomsky dissects the meaning and uses of humanitarian intervention grounded in... Read more
Foreword to the 2024 Edition
Jean Bricmont
1. Intentional Ignorance and Its Uses
2. “Green Light” for War Crimes
3. Kosovo in Retrospect
4. Human Rights in the New Millenium
Biography
Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in history and has profoundly shaped contemporary understanding of American politics. He has authored numerous books on linguistics, history, and politics. He is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona.
