Deterring Democracy

Noam Chomsky

Copyright © 1991, 1992

Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter is divided into [segments] of about eight paragraphs each.

Overview Introduction [1|2|3] ONE Cold War: Fact and Fancy 1. The Cold War as Ideological Construct [1|2|3|4] 2. The Cold War as Historical Process [5|6|7|8] 3. Before and After [9|10] 4. Bolsheviks and Moderates [11|12|13] 5. The Foundations of Policy [14|15|16|17|18] 6. The Next Stage [19|20] TWO The Home Front 1. The "Unimportant People" [1|2] 2. Political Successes [3|4|5] 3. The Achievements of Economic Management [6|7] 4. Restoring the Faith [7] 5. Public Vices [7] THREE The Global System 1. Separation Anxieties [1] 2. The Changing Tasks [2] 3. Containing "Gorby Fever" [3] 4. The Community of Nations [3] 5. The Silver Lining [4] 6. The Soviet Threat [5] FOUR Problems of Population Control 1. "The Unsettling Specter of Peace" [1|2] 2. The Drug War [3|4] 3. The Contours of the Crisis [5] 4. The Narcotraffickers [6|7] 5. Social Policy and the Drug Crisis [8] 6. The Usual Victims [9|10|11] 7. The Best-laid Plans... [11] FIVE The Post-Cold War Era [1|2] 1. Creeping Colonialism [2] 2. Bush's "New Thinking" [3|4] 3. Operation Just Cause: the Pretexts [5|6|7|8] 4. Operation Just Cause: the Reasons [9|10] . Good Intentions Gone Awry [11|12|13|14] 5. The War Goes On [15] SIX Nefarious Aggression [1] 1. Our Traditional Values [2|3] 2. Framing the Issues [4|5] 3. Paths away from Disaster [6] 4. Steady on Course [7|8] 5. The UN Learns to Behave [9|10] 6. Moderates and Nationalists [11] 7. The Diplomatic Track [11|12|13|14] 8. Safeguarding our Needs [14]

SEVEN The Victors 1. The Fruits of Victory: Central America [1|2|3|4] 2. The Fruits of Victory: Latin America [5|6|7] 3. The Fruits of Victory: the Caribbean [8] 4. The Fruits of Victory: Asia [9] 5. The Fruits of Victory: Africa [10] 6. The "Unrelenting Nightmare" [11] 7. Comparisons and their Pitfalls [12|13|14] EIGHT The Agenda of the Doves: 1988 1. The Common Interests: 1980 [1] 2. The Common Interests: 1988 [2] 3. The Freedom to Act Responsibly [3|4|5] 4. Containment without Rollback [6|7] 5. Laying Down the Law [8] 6. Foreign Agents [9|10] 7. Yearning for Democracy [11] NINE The Mortal Sin of Self-Defense 1. The Skunk at the Garden Party [1|2|3] 2. The Guests so Sorely Troubled [4|5] 3. From Illusion to Reality [6] 4. The 1990 Elections [7] TEN The Decline of the Democratic Ideal 1. The Winner: George Bush [1|2] 2. United in Joy [3|4] 3. The Case for the Doves [5|6] 4. "Rallying to Chamorro" [7|8|9|10] 5. Within Nicaragua [11] 6. Looking Ahead [12|13] ELEVEN Democracy in the Industrial Societies 1. The Preference for Democracy [1] 2. The General Outlines [2] 3. The "Great Workshops": Japan [3] 4. The "Great Workshops": Germany [4] 5. The Smaller Workshops [5|6] 6. Some Broader Effects [7] TWELVE Force and Opinion 1. The Harsher Side [1|2] 2. The Bewildered Herd and its Shepherds [3|4|5|6|7|8] 3. Short of Force [9|10] 4. The Pragmatic Criterion [11|12|13] 5. The Range of Means [14|15|16|17|18] 6. The Untamed Rabble [19|20] Afterword 1. The "Gulf War" in Retrospect [1|2|3] 2. Deterring Iraqi Democracy [4] 3. "The Best of All Worlds" [5|6] 4. Marching Forward [7|8] 5. The US versus the Peace Process [9] 6. The Evolution of US Policy [10|11] 7. Bush-Baker Diplomacy [12] 8. Israel's Policy Spectrum [13] 9. The Prospects [14]