Table of Contents

Introduction xi
Preface lix

1. A Propaganda Model 1
2. Worthy and Unworthy Victims 37
3. Legitimizing versus Meaningless Third World Elections: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua 87
4. The KGB-Bulgarian Plot to Kill the Pope: Free-Market Disinformation as "News" 143
5. The Indochina Wars (I): Vietnam 169
6. The Indochina Ware (II): Laos and Cambodia 253
7. Conclusions 297
Appendix 1: The U.S. Official Observers in Guatemala, July 1-2, 1984 309
Appendix 2: Tagliabue's Finale on the Bulgarian Connection: A Case Study in Bian 313
Appendix 3: Braestrup's Big Story: Some "Freedom House Exclusives" 321

Notes 331
Index 395

About the Author

EDWARD S. HERMAN is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

NOAM CHOMSKY is Professor, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Reviews

"[A] compelling indictment of the news media's role in covering up errors and deceptions in American foreign policy of the past quarter century." —Walter LaFeber, The New York Times Book Review

"[A] compelling indictment of the news media's role in covering up errors and deceptions in American foreign policy of the past quarter century." -Walter LaFeber, The New York Times Book Review