One of Chomsky's most accessible books, this succinct series of lectures on US international and security policy lays out the parameters of his foreign policy analysis. The arguments are conccise; the information overwhelming; the presentation particularly moving. The frist two lectures examine the persistent and largely invariant features of US foreign policy, the overall framework of order. The third lecture discusses Central America and its place in the foreign policy pattern. The fourth looks at US national security policy and the arms race, and the fifth and final lecture examines US domestic policy—how it fashions foreign and national policies and how they can be changed. The lectures are followed by discussion and questions from the audience.