Diary of an Anti-Chomskyite: A Three-Year Journey into Noam Chomsky's Heart of Darkness

by Benjamin Kerstein

Genius or monster? Defender of justice or totalitarian apologist? Activist for human rights or defender of mass murder? Compassionate humanist or venal antisemite? Writer Benjamin Kerstein spent three years delving into the work and legacy of Noam Chomsky, and returned with the answers. This book is a chronicle of his journey into one of the 20th century's most worshiped intellectual's heart of darkness.

"This is some of the most intelligent, clearest, most honest writing I have read in a long time." - Jay Nordlinger, National Review

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 12, 2012

About the author

Benjamin Kerstein is an Israeli-American writer and editor who is currently a fellow at the Z3 Institute. His book Self Defense: A Jewish Manifesto was published on Oct. 16, 2025.

In 2024, he received the Louis Rapaport Award for Excellence in Commentary from the American Jewish Press Association.

Michael J. Totten, the prize-winning author of The Road to Fatima Gate, has called him "one of the finest American-Israeli authors of his generation."

Jay Nordlinger of National Review has referred to his work as "some of the most intelligent, clearest, most honest writing I have read in a long time."