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Copyright © 2024 by Valéria Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson

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Brief portions of this work, by the coauthor Nathan J. Robinson, appeared in different form in Current Affairs during 2022 and 2023.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Chomsky, Noam, author. | Robinson, Nathan J., author.

Title: The myth of American idealism : how U.S. foreign policy endangers the world / Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson.

Description: New York : Penguin Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024019958 (print) | LCCN 2024019959 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593656327 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593656334 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Hegemony—United States. | Idealism. | United States—Foreign relations—Moral and ethical aspects. | United States—Foreign relations—Developing countries. | Developing countries—Foreign relations—United States.

Classification: LCC JZ1480 .C476 2024 (print) | LCC JZ1480 (ebook) | DDC 327.73—dc23/eng/20240611

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024019958

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024019959

Ebook ISBN  9780593656334

Cover design: Christopher Brian King

Cover photograph: Wathiq Khuzaie / Getty Images

Author photograph: Valéria Chomsky

Book design by Daniel Lagin, adapted for ebook by Molly Jeszke

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