S . ▁citiz en ▁who ▁was ▁willing ▁to ▁critic ise ▁his ▁own ▁government , ▁Ch om sky ▁was ▁showing ▁" a ▁way ▁beyond ▁par och ial ism " ▁that ▁avoided ▁national istic ▁or ▁eth noc ent ric ▁intent ions . ▁High light ing ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁" w ry ▁humor ▁and ▁s arc asm ", ▁he ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁author ▁" success fully ▁shows ▁that ▁the ▁American ▁em peror , ▁while ▁pre aching ▁mod esty ▁to ▁the ▁rest , ▁himself ▁str uts ▁about ▁rather ▁ost ent ati ously ." ▁Math ur ▁also ▁turned ▁his ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁press ▁reviews ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁that ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁U . K ., ▁those ▁of ▁Power ▁and ▁C ohen . ▁He ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁former ' s ▁review ▁was ▁" hard ly ▁char itable ", ▁and ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁narrow ly ▁fr amed ▁H eg em ony ▁or ▁Sur v ival ▁as ▁a ▁critique ▁purely ▁of ▁the ▁Bush ▁administration , ▁something ▁Math ur ▁stated ▁it ▁clearly ▁was ▁not . ▁Turn ing ▁to ▁C ohen ' s ▁" ven om ous " ▁review , ▁he ▁highlight s ▁that ▁it ▁actually ▁de alt ▁very ▁little ▁with ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁book , ▁instead ▁offering ▁a ▁di atri be ▁against ▁the ▁Left , ▁one ▁which ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁" th or ough ly ▁con vol uted ▁v ag uen ess ". ▁Ult imately , ▁Math ur ▁notes ▁that ▁the ▁" str ang ely ▁def ensive ▁and ▁rather ▁par