Overview
Analyzing the Nato bombing campaign over Kosovo, Noam Chomsky poses questions about the New Humanism: ""Is it guided by power interests or by humanitarian concern? Is the resort to force undertaken in the name of principles and values, as professed? Or are we witnessing something more crass and familiar?"". Chomsky peels back rhetorical claims that the US and its allies fight for the end of ethnic cleansing. Instead he sets out to reveal a world where victims of human rights violations are either ""worthy or unworthy"", citing the unworthiness of Turkish Kurdish victims. He sounds an alarm as he investigates the damning evidence that the West knew NATO bombings would escalate Serb atrocities and that diplomacy efforts were passed over in favour of war.
Full Product Details
Author: Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology)
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.279kg
ISBN: 9780745316338
ISBN 10: 0745316336
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 20 October 1999
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
`A powerful and convincing alternative framework for understanding the NATO war on Yugoslavia' -- Edward S. Herman `Thank God for Noam Chomsky ... Ruthless in his analysis of Nato's lies, relentless in his emphasis on the parallels between Kosovo, Central America and Turkey, he believes that this year's bombardment of Serbia undermines what is left of international law' -- Robert Fisk, Independent
'Thank God for Noam Chomsky ... Ruthless in his analysis of Nato's lies, relentless in his emphasis on the parallels between Kosovo, Central America and Turkey, he believes that this year's bombardment of Serbia undermines what is left of international law.' Robert Fisk, The Independent 'Chomsky's new book systematically destroys the argument that there is a new humanism underpinning US policy.' Labour Left Briefing 'This book amounts to a critique of power politics as a possible foundational concept of world order: The only alternative to an international juridico-political framework is allowing the powerful to do as they wish, and the New Military Humanism is a step towards the demolition of the rules of world order.' Millennium 'Rich in thought, and it will definitely serve as a solid introduction to the author's further work on this topic, which is eagerly awaited by many.' Journal of Peace Research 'Lessons from Kosovo is a caustic, honest and totally devestating critique of the rotten nature of contemporary global politics.' Left Republican Review
Author Information
Noam Chomsky is a world renowned linguist and one of America's foremost social critics. He is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
