Year 501
The Conquest Continues

Noam Chomsky

Copyright © 1993

Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter is divided into [segments] of about eight paragraphs each.

Overview

PART I: Old Wine, New Bottles

Chapter One: The Great Work of Subjugation and Conquest [1]

  1. "The Savage Injustice of the Europeans" [2/3/4/5/6/7]
  2. "Felling Trees and Indians" [8/9/10]
  3. Showers of Benevolence [11/12]

Chapter Two: The Contours of World Order

  1. The Logic of North-South Relations [1/2/3]
  2. After Colonialism [4/5/6]
  3. The Rich Men's Club [7/8]
  4. The End of the Affluent Alliance [9/10]
  5. The "Vile Maxim of the Masters" [11,12,13]
  6. The New Imperial Age [14,15]

Chapter Three: North-South/East-West

  1. An Oversize "Rotten Apple" [1/2]
  2. "Logical Illogicality" [3/4/5]
  3. Return to Normalcy [6/7/8]
  4. Some Free Market Successes [9/10]
  5. After the Cold War [11/12/13]
  6. The Soft Line [14]

PART II: High Principles

Chapter Four: Democracy and the Market

  1. The Freedom that Counts [1]
  2. The Flight of the Bumble Bee [2/3/4]
  3. The Good News [5]
  4. Reshaping Industrial Policy [6/7]

Chapter Five: Human Rights: The Pragmatic Criterion

  1. Reality and its Abuse [1]
  2. Securing the Anchor [2/3/4]
  3. Celebration [5/6]
  4. Closing the Books [7/8/9]

PART III: Persistent Themes

Chapter Six: A "Ripe Fruit" [1/2/3/4/5/6]

Chapter Seven: World Orders Old and New: Latin America

  1. "The Colossus of the South" [1]
  2. "The Welfare of the World Capitalist System" [2/3]
  3. Protecting Democracy [4/5]
  4. Securing the Victory [6]
  5. "A Real American Success Story" [7]
  6. Fundamentalism Triumphant [8]
  7. Some Competitors for the Prize [9/10/11/12]
  8. "Our Nature and Traditions" [13]
  9. Some Tools of the Trade [14/15/16/17]

Chapter Eight: The Tragedy of Haiti

  1. "The First Free Nation of Free Men" [1]
  2. "Unselfish Intervention" [2/3/4]
  3. "Politics, not Principle" [5/6/7/8/9]

Chapter Nine: The Burden of Responsibility

  1. Irrational Disdain [1/2]
  2. Laboratory Animals [3/4]
  3. Indian Removal and the Vile Maxim [5/6]
  4. "The American Psyche" [7]

PART IV: Memories

Chapter Ten: Murdering History

  1. The Date which will Live in Infamy [1/2]
  2. Missing Pieces [3/4]
  3. Some Lessons in Political Correctness [5/6]
  4. "Self-Pity" and other Character Flaws [7/8/9/10/11]
  5. On Sensitivity to History [12/13]
  6. "Thief! Thief!" [14/15]
  7. A Date which does not Live in Infamy [16/17]

Chapter Eleven: The Third World at Home

  1. "The Paradox of '92" [1/2/3]
  2. "Fight to the Death" [4/5]
  3. "To Consult Our Neighbor" [6]

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