For ten years, US and NATO forces have waged a campaign to dismember Yugoslavia, including 78 days of round-the-clock aerial attacks in 1999 that killed or injured upwards of six thousand people. Drawing on a wide range of published and unpublished material (mostly Western sources) and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges the mainstream media demonization of Yugoslavia and the Serbs, and uncovers the real goals behind Western talk of "genocide," "ethnic cleansing," and "democracy." To Kill A Nation reveals a decade-long disinformation campaign waged by Western leaders and NATO officials in their pursuit of free-market "reforms." The political and economic destabilization of that country continues today, Parenti shows, as does the forced privatization and Third Worldization of the entire region. "Parenti has written a brilliant critique of the news reports on
Yugoslavia published in the respectable press. Each chapter provides a
detailed refutation of the propaganda myths that justified NATO's war.
This is by far the most compelling account in print."
— James Petras, co-author of
Empire or Republic? "A fierce, elegantly constructed elegy not just for the lives
sacrificed in the Balkan wars, but for concepts of national
sovereignty and constitutionality ... ... he writes with a taut
cadence that exudes conviction. Extremely disturbing, but, for the
brave, jolting and necessary reading."
— Kirkus "To Kill a Nation is the best explanation of the great crime
NATO committed and what it will mean for our future. It is full of
insights on the role of US militarism and media disinformation in the
service of corporate profits."
— Sara Flounders, editor and
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