, ▁Ch om sky ▁had ▁held ▁radical ▁left ist ▁views ▁since ▁child hood , ▁ident ifying ▁himself ▁with ▁an arch o - s y nd ical ism ▁and ▁libert arian ▁social ism . ▁A ▁sta unch ▁critic ▁of ▁U . S . ▁foreign ▁policy , ▁he ▁arose ▁to ▁public ▁attention ▁for ▁these ▁views ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁when ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁published ▁his ▁article , ▁" The ▁Res p ons ibility ▁of ▁Intel lect uals ", ▁a ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War . ▁His ▁media ▁criticism ▁has ▁included ▁Man ufact uring ▁Cons ent : ▁The ▁Political ▁Econom y ▁of ▁the ▁Mass ▁Media ▁( 1 9 8 8 ), ▁co - written ▁with ▁Edward ▁S . ▁H erman , ▁an ▁analysis ▁art icul ating ▁the ▁propag anda ▁model ▁theory ▁for ▁exam ining ▁the ▁media . ▁ ▁Ch om sky ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁books , ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁prominent ▁cultural ▁figure . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Arts ▁and ▁Human ities ▁C itation ▁Index ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁Ch om sky ▁was ▁c ited ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁more ▁often ▁than ▁any ▁other ▁living ▁scholar ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁e ighth ▁most ▁c ited ▁source ▁overall . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁published ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁The ▁American ▁Empire ▁Series , ▁edited ▁for ▁Metropolitan ▁Books ▁by ▁Steve ▁F ras er ▁and ▁Tom ▁Engel hardt . ▁The ▁series ▁had ▁been ▁de