Over the past decade I benefited from the generosity of many individuals; no words can adequately express my gratitude. Roane Carey, Allan Nairn and Cyrus Veeser expertly served as my personal editors. Carol Chomsky, Noam Chomsky and Samira Haj commented on all the chapters in draft form. Albeit in different ways, each also played a crucial role in ushering the book from conception to completion. I am equally grateful to Nabeel Abraham and Nawal Ragheb for being there all these years. Unless otherwise indicated, Hebrew-language periodicals are cited from Israel Shahak’s invaluable Translations from the Hebrew Press. I want also to thank personally several individuals who gave unsparingly of themselves: Rudolph Baldeo, Harry Chomsky, Carolyn Fialkow, Joanne Koslofsky, Ellen Mastromonaco, Donald Neff, Adele Oltman, Richard Parker, William Quandt, Frank Sheed and Mariam Touba. I owe the book’s title as well as its overarching structure to Noam Chomsky. All errors of fact, reasoning and judgment are my own.