Editorial Review

Scarcely had the dust settled on NATO's 1999 bombing of Serbia when prolific political commentator Noam Chomsky brought out Read more

Reviews (32)

Far from exhaustive
The New Military Humanism, Noam Chomsky
A peek inside the lofty rhetoric
This book should not be approached as a history or an account of the Kosovo conflict. There is little background to the wars in the former Yugoslavia. That is for other works to present. The focus here is the 'new military humanism' of the West as an idea, and as a practice, with the Kosovo war of 1999 serving as the example. The examination takes into account the Orwellian notion that in free societies, it 'wouldn't do' to mention certain facts, namely the facts that contradict the lofty ideals we profess to be upholding.
Self evident but important
What is truly sad is that books like this have to exist.Indeed, apart from 'barking' about human rights abuses, if we look at Slobodan Milosevic clones, both Croatian and Bosnian, we notice that each side had blood on its hands.While Chomsky is never popular, this work should be self evident.How can we say the humanitarian mission on Kosovo was justified while NATO turned a blind eye to the biggest exodus of all previously: the ethnic cleansing of Serbs in Croatia.Read more

Subjects:  1. Politics/International Relations    2. Battles & campaigns    3. Defence strategy, planning & research    4. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    5. Human rights    6. International relations    7. Political science & theory    8. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia    9. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. History: American    2. International Relations - General    3. Politics - Current Events   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    3. Ethnic Studies - General    4. General    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Nationalism    9. Political Process - General    10. Politics and government    11. Serbia    12. Serbs    13. Yugoslavia    14. History / Europe / Eastern   

Subjects:  1. General    2. History: World    3. Political Science    4. Reference   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Balkan Peninsula - History    4. History    5. History: American    6. Nationalism    7. Textbooks    8. Yugoslavia   

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A State of Deference:Ragusa/Dubrovnik in the Medieval Centuries (MIddle Ages Series)
For readers of European medieval history, the workings of an extraordinarysmall city/state. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civilization    2. Dubrovnik (Republic)    3. Eastern Europe - Yugoslavia    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Medieval World History (Circa 450 - Circa 1450)   

Subjects:  1. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    2. History - General History   

Subjects:  1. 1945-1980    2. 1945-1992    3. Economic conditions    4. History: World    5. Politics and government    6. Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. History: World    2. DIOCLETIANUS, EMPEROR OF ROME, 245-313    3. History / Ancient / Rome    4. YUGOSLAVIA_ANTIQUITIES   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Diplomatic history    3. History - Military / War    4. Italy    5. Military - World War II    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Territorial questions    8. Trieste    9. World War, 1939-1945    10. Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. History    2. Yugoslavs   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Albania    3. Current Affairs    4. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    5. Eastern Europe - General    6. Ethnic relations    7. Foreign Relations    8. General    9. History    10. History: World    11. International    12. Kosovo (Serbia)    13. Minority Studies - Race Relations    14. Politics - Current Events    15. Politics / Current Events    16. Yugoslavia    17. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. Civil War, 1998-1999    3. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    4. Europe    5. History    6. History - General History    7. International Relations - General    8. Kosovo (Serbia)    9. Political Science    10. Politics and government    11. Politics/International Relations    12. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    13. International relations    14. War & defence operations    15. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Congresses    5. Economic History    6. Economic Policy    7. Economics    8. Economics - General    9. Europe, Eastern    10. History    11. Marxian Economics    12. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism    13. Russia (Federation)    14. Business & Economics / Economics / General    15. East Germany, DDR    16. Europe    17. Former Czechoslovakia    18. Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe)    19. Hungary    20. Marxism & Communism    21. Poland    22. Political economy    23. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. 1980-1992    2. 1992-2003    3. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    4. Diplomatic history    5. Foreign Relations    6. International Relations    7. International Relations - General    8. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    9. Politics - Current Events    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995    12. Yugoslavia    13. Warfare & Defence    14. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Axis occupation, 1941-1945    2. History    3. World War, 1939-1945    4. Yugoslavia   

Reviews (13)

Deeply flawed and misleading
Ask yourself the following question: if you were trapped in Srebrenica for three years while under constant bombardment with only one meal per day, with no clean water and electricity, would you have opposed a NATO intervention? Be honest!
A useful counter to pro-war jingoism
Unfortunately, this is not a very scholarly book--for anexcellent historical analysis of the conflicts in Yugoslavia, readAlex Dragnich's 1992 book, Serbs and Croats--but it does provide a useful summary of the reasons for a principled opposition to NATO's actions in Yugoslavia.Far from being a "humanitarian intervention," NATO's bombing of Serbia and Kosovo was the culmination of a decades-long plan to destabilize and re-map the Balkans.The beneficiaries of this policy will not be Croatian, Albanian, Kosovar, Serbian or Bosnian, but American and Western European....

Finally
Finally, there is a book which successfully and impartially points in the right direction when it comes to the causes of Yugoslav conflict. Finally, we have a chance to name the newest form of colonialism that was introducedby Western powers in order to expand their sphere of influence. Greed andcolonization were the motives behind attempts to destroy one independentnation, Serbian. I hope this is only the first book of truth of many tocome. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1992-2003    2. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    3. Europe - General    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. North Atlantic Treat Organizat    8. North Atlantic Treaty Organization    9. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995    10. Yugoslavia   

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A gripping, dark, and forcefully honest presentation
Ably translated by Thomas J. Butler and Saba Risaluddin, A Muslim Woman In Tito's Yugoslavia by Munevera Hadzisehovic is the gripping and true story of a woman who observed first hand the horrific Serbian injustice toward Muslims; the callousness of the Communist Party toward a hard-working citizenry, as well as the detrimental and destabilizing effects of an intolerant state government. A gripping, dark, and forcefully honest presentation of social ills from a personal point of view, A Muslim Woman In Tito's Yugoslavia is recommended for inclusion in Islamic Studies, International Studies, and 20th Century European History reference library collections. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Eastern Europe - General    4. Hadzisehovic, Munevera    5. History    6. History: World    7. Islamic Studies    8. Muslim women    9. Muslims    10. Religious    11. Sandzak    12. Sandézak (Serbia and Montenegro : Region)    13. Serbia and Montenegro    14. Women    15. Women's Studies - General    16. Biography & Autobiography / Women    17. Biography & Autobiography-Religious    18. Biography: general    19. European studies    20. Social Science-Islamic Studies    21. Women's studies    22. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Ethnic relations    2. Europe - General    3. History - General History    4. Holocaust    5. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)    6. Jewish Holocaust    7. Jews    8. Persecutions    9. Sociology    10. Yugoslavia    11. Europe    12. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    13. History / Europe / General    14. History of specific racial & ethnic groups    15. Jewish studies    16. Second World War, 1939-1945    17. World history: Second World War   

Subjects:  1. 1989-    2. 1992-    3. Foreign relations    4. History    5. North Atlantic Treat Organization    6. United States    7. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995    8. Yugoslavia