'' 9-11 '' is a collection of essays by and interviews with Noam Chomsky first published in November 2001 in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center . The revised edition of 2011 , '' 9-11 : Was There an Alternative ? '' , includes the entire text of the original book , together with a new essay by Chomsky , " Was There an Alternative ? " In the original edition of '' 9-11 '' from November 2001 , Chomsky places the September 11 attacks in context and traces the history of American intervention in the Middle East and throughout Latin America as well as in Indonesia , Afghanistan , India and Pakistan – at the same time warning against America 's increasing reliance on military rhetoric and violence in its response to the attacks , and making a critical point that few other commentators were making , that any escalation of violence as a response to violence would inevitably lead to further , and bloodier , attacks on innocents in America and around the world
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