Summary Of Resort To Fear Chomsky

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In "Resort to Fear," a forward published in December 13: Terror Over Democracy, Noam Chomsky explains how democracies all over are bringing the fear out of the people who live in countries around the world. By fear of war, Chomsky illustrates the timing of the wars and the weapons that were used by the government

In the beginning, he talks about Germany and how before World War 1 they were supposed to be seen as the “leading center of sciences ,the arts and literature, humanistic scholarship, and other memorable achievements.” He then talks about other countries around the world whom have also followed in the tracks of weapons and mass destruction among their own people. The author also talks about how America has had many problems in terms

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