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BOMBS FOR PEACE: NATO'S HUMANITARIAN WAR ON YUGOSLAVIA By George Szamuely *NEW*
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- ISBN-10
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- Book Title
- Bombs for Peace: NATO's Humanitarian War on Yugoslavia
- ISBN
- 9789089645630
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
ISBN-10
9089645632
ISBN-13
9789089645630
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166397325
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
586 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Bombs for Peace : Nato's Humanitarian War on Yugoslavia
Subject
Military / General, World / European, International Relations / Treaties
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
31.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2016-383856
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
This book is an important reanalysis of the propaganda and self-serving deceptions that were used by NATO governments and major human rights organizations during the Yugoslav conflicts., A revealing and sharply argued analysis of Western intervention in the Balkan wars of the 1990s. . . . Prodigiously researched, Bombs for Peace is graced with the elegant prose style typical of the author, and with his long-held passion for justice. It is so beautifully written that it is hard to put down, and constitutes a damning expos of Western policy., This book is an important re-analysis of the propaganda and self-serving deceptions that were used by NATO governments and major human rights organizations during the Yugoslav conflicts., This book is an important re-analysis of the propaganda and self-serving deceptions that were used by NATO governments and major human rights organizations during the Yugoslav conflicts, in order to justify waging an aggressive war against Serbia that was against the foundational principles of the UN Charter and even of NATO's own charter. The dominant NATO member states gained geopolitical and economic advantages through mounting an aggressive war, while the human rights organizations increased greatly their incomes, access to resources from NATO governments, and the kind of power to provoke war that, inevitably, corrupts those who claim to be following humanitarian ideals. The work is based on substantial research, much of it drawing on the very sources that the protagonists of "humanitarian war" had used to justify their turn to aggression, and showing the falseness, inconsistency and even duplicity of the latters' arguments. At the same time, the book is in no sense an apology for the actions of the Serbian regime under Slobodan Milosevic, making it clear that the charge that to oppose NATO was to support Slobo was as false as the rest of the propaganda behind aggression disguised as humanitarianism. As the NATO actions against Libya show, the precedents created in the interventions in Yugoslavia are still dangerous, not only to regional stability but to the very people who supposedly are to benefit from being subjected to humanitarian warfare. Robert M. Hayden University of Pittsburgh [author of Blueprints for a House Divided: The Constitutional Logic of the Yugoslav Conflicts (University of Michigan Press, 1999) and From Yugoslavia to the Western Balkans: Studies of a European Disunion, 1991-2011 (Brill, 2013)], A revealing and sharply argued analysis of Western intervention in the Balkan wars of the 1990s. . . . Prodigiously researched, Bombs for Peace is graced with the elegant prose style typical of the author, and with his long-held passion for justice. It is so beautifully written that it is hard to put down, and constitutes a damning exposé of Western policy., "A revealing and sharply argued analysis of Western intervention in the Balkan wars of the 1990s. . . . Prodigiously researched, Bombs for Peace is graced with the elegant prose style typical of the author, and with his long-held passion for justice. It is so beautifully written that it is hard to put down, and constitutes a damning exposé of Western policy."
Dewey Decimal
949.703
Table Of Content
Introduction Chapter 1 Destroying Countries for Fun and for Profit Chapter 2 In Search of the Good War Chapter 3 Humanitarianism v. Peacemaking Chapter 4 Humanitarianism Fulfilled: The Unsafe Areas Chapter 5 The Denial of Sovereignty Chapter 6 The Set-Up Chapter 7 Standing up to Goliath Chapter 8 Conclusion: First Do No Harm
Synopsis
In the late 1990s NATO dropped bombs and supported armed insurgencies in Yugoslavia while insisting that its motives were purely humanitarian and that its only goal was peace. However, George Szamuely argues that NATO interventions actually prolonged conflicts, heightened enmity, increased casualties, and fueled demands for more interventions. Eschewing the one-sided approach adopted by previous works on the Yugoslavian crisis, Szamuely offers a broad overview of the conflict, its role in the rise of NATO's authority, and its influence on Western policy on the Balkans. His timely, judicious, and accessible study sheds new light on the roots of the contemporary doctrine of humanitarian intervention., This illuminating study describes the genesis of the contemporary doctrine of humanitarian intervention. It is the first comprehensive analysis of Western policy towards the Balkans from the late 1980s on. Previous works have often taken partisan approaches focusing on isolated events rather than the multifaceted conflict of which such events were a part. Though scholarly, the book will also appeal to a wider audience interested in world affairs., A ciritical overview of the policies of NATO governments and major human rights organizations during the Yugoslav conflict., This book is an important re-analysis of the propaganda and self-serving deceptions that were used by NATO governments and major human rights organizations during the Yugoslav conflicts. Robert M. Hayden University of Pittsburgh We wish to thank the Australian National University's College of Arts and Social Sciences for funding this project during the period 2010-2013. We are grateful for the support of Professor Jacqueline Lo and the ANU Centre for European Studies, who hosted several international workshops on global and regional migration flows. We thank Professor Timothy Hatton and Professor Ellen Percy Kraly for reading several chapters and providing advice on various aspects of international migration and population movements, specifically within the European context. We acknowledge the helpful input at an early stage in this project from Richard Towle of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). We also acknowledge the contributors to this book, all of whom demonstrated unwavering support, which is unusual for long-term enterprises such as this. We much appreciate Martina van den Haak, Mary Lynn van Dijk and especially Paul van der Velde from the International Institute for Asian Studies for their ongoing support, guidance and encouragement in preparing this manuscript for publication. A warm thanks to Rachel Salmond for her final editing of our manuscript. Finally, we wish to acknowledge the AUP anonymous reviewers for their critical comments and valuable suggestions, all of which have much improved this project.
LC Classification Number
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