Original sentence: Chomsky also considers Komer to a legendary "Cold Warrior," of "a particularly vicious stripe.Noam Chomsky argues that the the Phoenix program's death toll should be estimated at 60,000 dead during the Komer period.While in Vietnam, Komer was to head up the Phoenix program, a CIA inspired operation which Komer testified resulted in 20,587 deaths
Edited sentence: Chomsky also notes that Komer was a legendary "Cold Warrior," of a particularly vicious stripe: see Chomsky's book: American Power and Third World Fascism for more on Komer's peers and policy.Komer's CIA background,and ardent anti-Communism, critics now say, helped prolong what was long seen, outside Washington, as a monstrous debacle: Viet Nam.The Komer figure for Phoenix has since been revised to over 60,000 dead, most through assassination, and often torture, by American scholar Noam Chomsky.While in Vietnam, Komer was to head up the notorious Phoenix program, a CIA inspired operation which Komer testified resulted in 20,587 deaths