The New Military Humanism

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"They turned it into a desert and called It peace."
—Tacitus, describing the Roman Empire.
Analyzing tlie NATO bombing, Noam Chomsky ciiallenges 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? Or are we witnessing something more crass and familiar?
With a powerful grasp of history—and an incisive argument about its relevance In this "new era"—Chomsky peels back rhetorical claims that the United States and its allies fight for a world where those responsible for ethnic cleansing have nowhere to hide.
The New IVIilitary Humanism reveals instead a world where victims of human rights violations are either worthy or unworthy. In the case of Turkey, its Kurdish victims of ethnic cleansing are so unworthy that we sell arms to our paying ally to help it accomplish the task. Meanwhile, Serbia, a disorderly miscreant Impeding the institution of the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

$15.95
current events
"They turned it into a desert and called It peace."
—Tacitus, describing the Roman Empire.
Analyzing tlie NATO bombing, Noam Chomsky ciiallenges 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? Or are we witnessing something more crass and familiar?
With a powerful grasp of history—and an incisive argument about its relevance In this "new era"—Chomsky peels back rhetorical claims that the United States and its allies fight for a world where those responsible for ethnic cleansing have nowhere to hide.
The New IVIilitary Humanism reveals instead a world where victims of human rights violations are either worthy or unworthy. In the case of Turkey, its Kurdish victims of ethnic cleansing are so unworthy that we sell arms to our paying ally to help it accomplish the task. Meanwhile, Serbia, a disorderly miscreant Impeding the institution of the U.S.-dominated global system, is the target of impassioned arguments — and bombs — that the UN Declaration on Human Rights must be enforced.
Chomsky seeks to overcome what George Orwell called a sinister, largely voluntary form of literary censorship by the well-educated with the "general tacit agreement that 'it wouldn't do' to mention that particular fact."
With his uniquely powerful style, Chomsky reviews the many facts that just won't do. From administration knowledge that bombing would escalate Serb atrocities, to the opportunities for diplomacy passed over in favor of war, the facts are so numerous as to warrant a chapter on the "denial syndrome": an affliction necessary to hold the official version of reality in place.
"A persuasively argued critique of NATO's disastrous Kosovo action. [I]t reveals ludicrously bad logic, catastrophically inhumane results, and frightening power allied with both violence and caf'^^^^.i -v.-.a mix no responsible citizen should avoid confronting.
-d W. Said


"A brilliant discussion of the U.S./NATO evasion diplomacy An eye-opener and essential worl<."
—Edward S. Herman


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