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The Withdrawal

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The Withdrawal
AuthorNoam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad
LanguageEnglish
PublisherNew Press
Publication date
August 30, 2022
Media typeHardcover
Pages208
ISBN9781620977606

The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and the Fragility of U.S. Power is a 2022 non-fiction book[1] written by Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad and is based on a conversation between them in 2021.[2][3]

Context

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The writers discuss American power, in the wake of the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan after its war there, and its implications on the involved countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Vietnam.[3] Then they compare United States' power with China who is trying to build their own power through institutions like Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.[3]

In their opinion, this will likely lead to a conflict.[3]

Reception

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The book has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[2] Foreign Policy,[4] and Library Journal.[3] Kirkus Reviews called it "a collection of insightful geopolitical analyses".[2]

References

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  1. ^ Chomsky, Noam; Prashad, Vijay (2022). The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power. New Press. ISBN 978-1-62097-760-6.
  2. ^ a b c "THE WITHDRAWAL | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e Prashad, Chomsky, Noam & Vijay. "The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power". Library Journal.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ O’Donnell, Lynne. "How America Sealed Afghanistan's Fate—Again".