Robert z's Reviews > Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies

If you are a non-interventionist of any stripe you should read this.

Chomsky is hard to read, but for people who are afraid that he just "hates America", it really is based in fact and he is adept as a linguist, in fact, in other parts of the world, people don't even know he is political. The guy knows how and why people use the words they use.

This book describes very well the collusion between the mass media and the govt. on issues of foreign policy, and even touches on marketing and the integration of those techniques.