Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the
uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan
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.