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'''''Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World''''' is a 1986 book<ref>{{cite book | title=Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World | author=Noam Chomsky | year=2003 | isbn=978-0896086852 | publisher=South End Press | url=https://archive.org/details/piratesemperorso00chom | url-access=registration }}</ref> by [[Noam Chomsky]], titled after an observation by [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]] in ''[[City of God (book)|City of God]]'', proposing that what governments coin as "[[terrorism]]" in the small simply reflects what governments utilize as "[[warfare]]" in the large. Yet, governments coerce their populations to denounce the former while embracing the latter. In the ''City of God'', St. Augustine<ref>{{ cite book
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}}</ref> by [[Noam Chomsky]], titled after an observation by [[Augustine of Hippo|St. Augustine]] in ''[[City of God (book)|City of God]]'', proposing that what governments coin as "terrorism" in the small simply reflects what governments utilize as "warfare" in the large. Yet, governments coerce their populations to denounce the former while embracing the latter. In the City of God, St. Augustine<ref>{{ cite book
| title=The City of God (Book IV) | author=St Augustine
| title=The City of God (Book IV) | author=St Augustine
| chapter=4.— How Like Kingdoms Without Justice are to Robberies.
| chapter=4.— How Like Kingdoms Without Justice are to Robberies.
| url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120104.htm
| url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120104.htm
}}</ref> tells the story <blockquote>Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, What you mean by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you who does it with a great fleet are styled emperor".</blockquote>
}}</ref> tells the story <blockquote>Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to [[Alexander the Great]] by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, "What do you mean by seizing the whole earth; because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you who does it with a great fleet are styled emperor".</blockquote>
This story also appears in [[John Gower]]'s [[Confessio Amantis]]<ref>{{ cite book
This story also appears in [[John Gower]]'s ''[[Confessio Amantis]]''<ref>{{ cite book
| title=Confessio Amantis | author=John Gower
| title=Confessio Amantis | author=John Gower
| url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/266
| url=http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/266
| editor=G. C. Macaulay | year=1901
| editor=G. C. Macaulay | year=1901
}}</ref> III.2363-2438 and in a poem by [[François Villon]].<ref>{{ cite book
}}</ref> III.2363–2438 and in a poem by [[François Villon]].<ref>{{ cite book
| chapter=The Testament, XVIII | title=Poems |author=François Villon
| chapter=The Testament, XVIII | title=Poems |author=François Villon
| translator=Norman Cameron | publisher=Jonathan Cape | year=1953
| translator=Norman Cameron | publisher=Jonathan Cape | year=1953
}}</ref>
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The book was republished by [[Haymarket Books]] in April 2015. <ref> {{cite book |last=Chomsky |first=Noam |author-link=Noam Chomsky |date=April 2015 |title=Pirates and Emperors, Old and New |url=https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/627-pirates-and-emperors-old-and-new |publisher=Haymarket Books|isbn=9781608464012}} </ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* ''[https://www.pdf-archive.com/2018/04/13/noam-chomsky-pirates-and-emperors-old-and-new/noam-chomsky-pirates-and-emperors-old-and-new.pdf Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism and the Real World]''
* ''[https://archive.org/details/PiratesAndEmperorsOldAndNewInternationalTerrorismInTheRealWorld Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism and the Real World]''
* ''[http://library.uniteddiversity.coop/More_Books_and_Reports/Noam_Chomsky-Turning_the_Tide%20_US_intervention_in_Central_America_and_the_Struggle_for_Peace.pdf Turning the Tide: U.S. intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace]''
* ''[https://archive.org/details/MakingTheFutureOccupationsInterventionsEmpireAndResistance_20180531 On Power and Ideology: The Managua Lectures]''
* ''[https://epdf.tips/pdfviewer/web/viewer.html?file=https%3A%2F%2Fepdf.tips%2Fdownload%2Fthe-culture-of-terrorism-1988-01.html%3Freader%3D1 The Culture of Terrorism]''
* ''[https://libcom.org/files/rogue-states.pdf Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs]''
* ''[https://archive.org/details/ImperialAmbitions1 Letters from Lexington: Reflections on Propaganda]''
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Latest revision as of 20:34, 25 March 2024

Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World is a 1986 book[1] by Noam Chomsky, titled after an observation by St. Augustine in City of God, proposing that what governments coin as "terrorism" in the small simply reflects what governments utilize as "warfare" in the large. Yet, governments coerce their populations to denounce the former while embracing the latter. In the City of God, St. Augustine[2] tells the story

Indeed, that was an apt and true reply which was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride, "What do you mean by seizing the whole earth; because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you who does it with a great fleet are styled emperor".

This story also appears in John Gower's Confessio Amantis[3] III.2363–2438 and in a poem by François Villon.[4]

The book was republished by Haymarket Books in April 2015. [5]

References

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  1. ^ Noam Chomsky (2003). Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World. South End Press. ISBN 978-0896086852.
  2. ^ St Augustine. "4.— How Like Kingdoms Without Justice are to Robberies.". The City of God (Book IV).
  3. ^ John Gower (1901). G. C. Macaulay (ed.). Confessio Amantis.
  4. ^ François Villon (1953). "The Testament, XVIII". Poems. Translated by Norman Cameron. Jonathan Cape.
  5. ^ Chomsky, Noam (April 2015). Pirates and Emperors, Old and New. Haymarket Books. ISBN 9781608464012.
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