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Noam Chomsky has recommended 100 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist.
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The Spanish Cockpit
An Eye-Witness Account of the Political and Social Conflicts of the Spanish Civil War
by Franz Borkenau
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Business as a System of Power
by Robert A. Brady
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Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
by Norman G. Finkelstein
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Elon Musk recommended this bookElon Musk
"Read [this book] when I was 14." - Elon Musk
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Anarcho-Syndicalism
by Rudolf Rocker
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The Discovery of India
by Jawaharlal Nehru
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Out of Control
by Leslie Cockburn
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John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire
by William Earl Weeks
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The CIA and American Democracy
by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
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The Crisis of Democracy
Report on the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission
by Michel Crozier
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Viet Cong
The Organization and Technique of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
by Douglas Pike
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The United States and Fascist Italy, 1922-1940
by David F. Schmitz
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The Uses of Haiti
by Paul Farmer
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1984
by George Orwell
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Tristan Harris recommended this bookTristan Harris
"[The author]'s dark vision." - Tristan Harris
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Jordan Peterson recommended this bookJordan Peterson
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J. Cole recommended this bookJ. Cole
J. Cole mentioned reading this book on The Fayetteville Observer.
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Emma Watson recommended this bookEmma Watson
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Richard Branson recommended this bookRichard Branson
Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
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Matt Mullenweg recommended this bookMatt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Matt Mullenweg's recommendation of this book +7
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- Christopher Hitchens
"We were all expected to read Animal Farm and [this book], which had been placed on the syllabus as part of the curriculum of the Cold War." - Christopher Hitchens
- Sahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.
- Jenn Im
"Highly recommend." - Jenn Im
- Winston Churchill
One of Winston Churchill's favorite books.
- Diane Rehm
"Examines the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and government repression." - Diane Rehm
- Anna Akana
Anna Akana recommended this book on Twitter.
- Brad Delong
Brad Delong recommended this book in his website.
- Christopher Hitchens
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The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951
by Ilan Pappé
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Voices of a People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
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Economic Liberalism and Under-development
by Frederick Clairmonte
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The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution
An Empire of Liberty in an Age of National Liberation
by Jules R. Benjamin
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Arguing About War
by Michael Walzer
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Human Rights and United States Policy Toward Latin America
by Lars Schoultz
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The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
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Elon Musk
"Adam Smith FTW obv." - Elon Musk
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
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Neil deGrasse Tyson recommended this bookNeil deGrasse Tyson
"To learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Nick Szabo recommended this bookNick Szabo
"[One] of the most important books I’ve read." - Nick Szabo
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Brandon Stanton recommended this bookBrandon Stanton
Brandon Stanton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
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Bill Gurley recommended this bookBill Gurley
"[The author]'s magnum opus." - Bill Gurley
Bill Gurley's recommendation of this book +1
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- Patrick Bet-David
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- Patrick Bet-David
The Marshall Plan
America, Britain and the Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947–1952
by Michael J. Hogan
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Qaddafi and the United States since 1969
by P. Edward Haley
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The Regan Administration and Nicaragua
by James Petras
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A Preponderance of Power
National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War
by Melvyn P. Leffler
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American Foreign Policy
by Henry A. Kissinger
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The Limits of State Action
by Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Satya Nadella recommended this bookSatya Nadella
"My father recommended this book long ago." - Satya Nadella
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Brad Delong recommended this bookBrad Delong
Brad Delong recommended this book in his website.
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Selling Free Enterprise
The Business Assault on Labor and Liberalism, 1945-60
by Elizabeth A. Fones-Wolf
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Emergence of a Free Press
by Leonard W. Levy
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Washington's War on Nicaragua
by Holly Sklar
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Confronting the Third World
by Gabriel Kolko
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Expulsion of the Palestinians
The Concept of "Transfer" in Zionist Political Thought, 1882-1948
by Nur Masalha
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Instruments of Statecraft
U.S. Guerilla Warfare, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, 1940-1990
by Michael McClintock
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Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Raymond Garthoff
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Cambodia, 1975-1982
by Michael Vickery
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Collusion Across the Jordan
King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine
by Avi Shlaim
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Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956
Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War
by Benny Morris
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Just the Facts
A Civilian's Guide to U.S. Defense and Security Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean
by Joy Olson
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U.S. Policy Toward Economic Nationalism in Latin American, 1917-1929
by Michael L Krenn
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