Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain
aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan
"Through the structure of a deeply engaging conversation between two
of our most important contemporary public intellectuals, we are urged to
defy the inattention of the media to the disastrous damage inflicted in
Afghanistan on life, land, and resources in the aftermath of the U.S.
withdrawal and the connections to the equally avoidable and unnecessary
wars on Iraq and Libya."--from the foreword by Angela Y. Davis
Not since the last American troops left Vietnam have we faced such a
sudden vacuum in our foreign policy--not only of authority, but also of
explanations of what happened, and what the future holds.
Few analysts are better poised to address this moment than Noam Chomsky
and Vijay Prashad, intellectuals and critics whose work spans
generations and continents. Called "the most widely read voice on
foreign policy on the planet" by the New York Times Book Review, Noam
Chomsky is the guiding light of dissidents around the world. In The
Withdrawal, Chomsky joins with noted scholar Vijay Prashad--who "helps
to uncover the shining worlds hidden under official history and dominant
media" (Eduardo Galeano)--to get at the roots of this unprecedented time
of peril and change.
Chomsky and Prashad interrogate key inflection points in America's
downward spiral: from the disastrous Iraq War to the failed Libyan
intervention to the descent into chaos in Afghanistan.
As the final moments of American power in Afghanistan fade from view,
this crucial book argues that we must not take our eyes off the
wreckage--and that we need, above all, an unsentimental view of the new
world we must build together.
