A personal and historical introduction to Noam Chomsky written so it can be understood by people who are not familiar with his background or politics. You see, the biggest problem with Chomsky is that he writes/speaks at 100 miles an hour so you have to be able to follow that quickly or constantly backtrack. This book follows Chomsky growing up and becoming a radical and explains his link between being a linguist to his criticisms of foreign and domestic policy. This book parallels the Chomsky Reader pretty closely with slightly less detail and much easier reading.