▁use ▁of ▁end ▁notes , ▁particularly ▁when ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁notes ▁simply ▁reference ▁his ▁earlier ▁publications . ▁Although ▁disag ree ing ▁with ▁his ▁arguments , ▁she ▁believed ▁that ▁reading ▁his ▁book ▁was ▁" so ber ing ▁and ▁instruct ive ", ▁having ▁value ▁in ▁illustr ating ▁how ▁many ▁non - Amer icans ▁viewed ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁highlight ing ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁" struct ural ▁defect s " ▁in ▁U . S . ▁foreign ▁policy . ▁Furthermore , ▁recogn izing ▁that ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁" crit iques ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁influence ▁and ▁reflect ▁main stream ▁opinion ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁world ," ▁she ▁conced es ▁that ▁Ch om ks y ' s ▁analysis ▁has ▁a ▁coh er ence ▁that , ▁for ▁many , ▁resol ves ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁post - 9 / 1 1 ▁confusion ▁and ▁dis ill usion ment ▁stem ming ▁from ▁the ▁Bush ▁administration ' s ▁standard ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁question , ▁" Why ▁do ▁they ▁hate ▁us ? ". ▁▁ ▁Carol ▁Arm br ust ▁discussed ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁book ▁crit ically ▁in ▁The ▁Ant io ch ▁Review , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁his ▁writing ▁style ▁was ▁" a ▁monument al ▁turn off " ▁and ▁that ▁only ▁those ▁who ▁already ▁agreed ▁with ▁Ch om sky ' s ▁political ▁views ▁would ▁read ▁the ▁book . ▁Cla im ing ▁that ▁his ▁opinions ▁constit uted ▁" con sp i racy ▁theories ", ▁she ▁compared ▁his ▁arguments ▁to ▁adding ▁" two ▁and ▁two " ▁together ▁and ▁getting ▁" minus ▁six ". ▁Con