Noam Chomsky, author of Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance, responds to John Gray's review of his book in The Guardian, "The broader context is the decline in American power from 1945, when it reached its peak – to Gray 'a characteristically hyperbolic assessment', in the real world a virtual truism for the reasons discussed – and on to today, when earlier policies remain but the capacity to implement them has sharply declined, again refuting Gray's wild accusations."

Chapter 16 and Noam Chomsky discuss key ideas from his collection of essays, Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance. Paul V. Griffith writes, " . . . he has emerged as one of the left's most implacable voices, challenging the often hidden structures that lie behind the abuse of power."