Book Review: What We Say Goes, by Noam Chomsky

What We Say Goes is a collection of interviews with America's leading public intellectual, the equally celebrated and reviled Noam Chomsky. In it, Chomsky touches briefly on a variety of political topics, from Israel/Palestine to Latin America to contemporary American democratic action. Since the book is essentially an organized transcript of various conversations, the text is never dry or overburdened with obtuse terms; in fact, reading What We Say Goes is just about as quick and easy as listening to a radio interview. The strength of the book, however, lies in its extensive index of sources, which allows the reader to follow up on many of Chomsky's necessarily simplified explanations in ways that a mere audio recording would hinder. What We Say Goes is an excellent introduction to Chomsky's political thought, as well as a gateway (due to its index of sources) to more advanced work in the field of international relations.

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