vers ely , ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁considered ▁it ▁" high ly ▁readable " ▁and ▁thought ▁it ▁both ▁" c og ent ▁and ▁provoc ative ", ▁representing ▁a ▁significant ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁debate ▁on ▁U . S . ▁foreign ▁policy . ▁ ▁View s ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁press ▁were ▁largely ▁negative . ▁Writing ▁in ▁The ▁Ob server , ▁journalist ▁Nick ▁C ohen ▁wrote ▁dispar aging ly ▁of ▁H eg em ony ▁or ▁Sur v ival , ▁describing ▁Ch om sky ▁as ▁a ▁" master ▁of ▁looking - glass ▁politics ", ▁exempl ifying ▁a ▁tr end ▁in ▁the ▁western ▁Left ▁for ▁being ▁more ▁interested ▁in ▁anti - American ism ▁than ▁in ▁oppos ing ▁the ▁" f asc ist " ▁regime ▁of ▁S add am ▁Hus sein . ▁F oc using ▁his ▁critique ▁primarily ▁on ▁Ch om sky ▁and ▁his ▁read ership ▁than ▁the ▁book ▁itself , ▁he ▁refers ▁to ▁its ▁" con vol uted ▁pro se ", ▁and ▁remarks ▁that ▁its ▁argument ▁is ▁" den se ▁and ▁filled ▁with ▁non ▁sequ it urs ". ▁In ▁a ▁shorter ▁review ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Ob server , ▁Oliver ▁Robinson ▁described ▁the ▁work ▁as ▁an ▁" une qu iv oc ally ▁inc ensed , ▁if ▁me and ering " ▁study ▁of ▁U . S . ▁foreign ▁policy . ▁ ▁Pi y ush ▁Math ur ▁review ed ▁the ▁work ▁for ▁Asia ▁Times ▁Online , ▁a ▁joint ▁Th ai - H ong ▁Kong ese ▁publication . ▁Pra ising ▁the ▁book , ▁Math ur ▁argued ▁that ▁by ▁being ▁a ▁U .