For Reasons of State
# For Reasons of State

For Reasons of State is a 1973 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky.

## Contents

* The Backroom Boys
* The Wider War
* The Rule of Force in International Affairs
* Indochina: The Next Phase
* On the Limits of Civil Disobedience
* The Function of the University in a Time of Crisis
* Psychology and Ideology
* Notes on Anarchism
* Language and Freedom
