Chomsky Annotated Bibliography

["Ikrima Elhassan" <ikrima@mail.utexas.edu>]

Noam Chomsky
Ikrima Elhassan

1. Manufacturing Consent : The Political Economy of the Mass Media
(Paperback)
by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

This contains Chomsky's critique of US media and how it shapes reality for
Americans.  He also addresses issues concerning the dynamic between mass
media and government in context of a democratic society. 

2. Middle East Illusions : Including Chomsky's Peace in the Middle East?
Reflections on Justice and Nationhood 
by Noam Chomsky (Hardcover - May 25, 2003)

A collection of Chomsky's articles over the past couple of decades on US
Foreign Policy towards Israel and his analysis of potential motives.

3. Chomsky Reader 
by Noam Chomsky (Paperback - September 12, 1987)

The standards  "summary" of Chomsky's controversial positions on the world
and its affairs.

4. Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American
Empire Project) 
by Noam Chomsky (Hardcover - November 4, 2003)

This will provide us with insight into Chomsky's critique of the
overarching, general US foreign policy.

5. http://www.chomsky.info/
Noam Chomsky's website

6. Fateful Triangle, Updated Edition : The United States, Israel, and the
Palestinians (South End Press Classics Series) 
by Noam Chomsky (Paperback - October 1999)

Chomsky attacks US Foreign policy towards Israel. He argues that US uses
Israel as a puppet in achieving its goals.  This will help us understand his
perspective on US-Israel relations.

7. Necessary Illusions : Thought Control in Democratic Societies 
by Noam Chomsky (Paperback - June 1989)

Chomsky provides an instutitonal analysis of the media corporation and how
it is an effective means of thought control in the US.

8. Distorted Morality - America's War on Terror? (2000) (DVD)
Chomsky

Chomsky criticizes America's hypocritical war on terror and all of its
ramifications.  He addresses how we selectively label our enemies as
terrorists while our allies, who could be classified as terrorists under the
same conditions, are left unchided.  This will be very helpful since a lot
of this criticism applies to Israel.


9. http://www.chomsky.info/books/dissent01.htm

Chronicles of Dissent : Interviews with David Barsamian (Paperback)
by Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian

This is a collection of interviews of Chomsky.  These should provide insight
on how he answers questions and his manner of rebuttal.

10. Deterring Democracy (Hardcover)
by Noam Chomsky

Chomsky provides an analysis of Reagan era and Bush era doctrines.  This
will provide some great background into several events in contemporary
history that have shaped the world to what it is now.