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A dramatic, evocative, thoughtful and very accessible account of one of the most important stories of the century - and one of the most ominous, unless citizens are aroused to action to rein in abusive state power.
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky
Age: 95
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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