▁Ira q ▁War , ▁to ▁further ▁its ▁power ▁and ▁grasp ▁of ▁resources . ▁He ▁highlight s ▁that ▁US ▁foreign ▁policy — wh ether ▁controlled ▁by ▁Republican ▁or ▁Democratic ▁administr ations — p urs ues ▁the ▁same ▁ag enda ▁of ▁gain ing ▁access ▁to ▁luc r ative ▁resources ▁and ▁maintain ing ▁US ▁world ▁domin ance . ▁ ▁Main stream ▁press ▁reviews ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁were ▁mixed ▁and ▁were ▁largely ▁negative ▁in ▁the ▁UK , ▁although ▁a ▁review ▁in ▁Asia ▁was ▁more ▁positive . ▁In ▁a ▁speech ▁before ▁the ▁UN ▁General ▁Assembly ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Venez uel an ▁President ▁Hugo ▁Ch á vez ▁open ly ▁pra ised ▁the ▁work . ▁Sales ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁sur ged ▁after ▁the ▁recommendation , ▁its ▁rank ▁on ▁Amazon . com ▁rising ▁to ▁# 1 ▁in ▁paper back ▁and ▁# 6 ▁in ▁hard cover ▁in ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁days . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁No am ▁Ch om sky ▁( 1 9 2 8 – ) ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁to ▁Jewish ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁Eastern ▁Europe . ▁Be coming ▁academ ically ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁lingu istics , ▁Ch om sky ▁gained ▁a ▁Ph D ▁and ▁secured ▁a ▁teaching ▁job ▁at ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology . ▁In ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁lingu istics , ▁he ▁is ▁cred ited ▁as ▁the ▁cre ator ▁or ▁co - cre ator ▁of ▁the ▁Ch om sky ▁hierarchy ▁and ▁the ▁universal ▁grammar ▁theory , ▁ach ieving ▁international ▁recognition ▁for ▁his ▁work . ▁ ▁Polit ically