What Uncle Sam Really Wants

Editor's foreword
The main goals of US foreign policy

Protecting our turf
The liberal extreme
The "Grand Area"
Restoring the traditional order
Our commitment to democracy
The threat of a good example
The three-sided world

Devastation abroad

Our Good Neighbor policy
The crucifixion of El Salvador
Teaching Nicaragua a lesson
Making Guatemala a killing field
The invasion of Panama
Inoculating Southeast Asia
The Gulf War
The Iran/contra cover-up
The prospects for Eastern Europe
The world's rent-a-thug

Brainwashing at home

How the Cold War worked
The war on (certain) drugs
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength
Socialism, real and fake
The media

The future

Things have changed
What you can do
The struggle continues

Political books by Noam Chomsky
Notes
Index
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