http://www.michaelparenti.org/ToKillANation.html
1. To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia. Presentation and
Contents
2. Slobodan Milosevic's Preface to the Yugoslav/Serbian edition of the
book
=== 1 ===
http://www.michaelparenti.org/ToKillANation.html
To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia
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wide range of published and unpublished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 shortly after the bombings,
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 Yugoslavia
continues today, Parenti shows, as does the
forced privatization and Third Worldization of
the entire region.
What they are saying about TO KILL A
NATION: The Attack on Yugoslavia:
"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 co-author of NATO in the Balkans
Contents
Introduction: Whom Do We Believe?
1.Hypocritical Humanitarianism
2.Third Worldization
3.Divide and Conquer
4.Slovenia: Somewhat Out of Step
5.Croatia: New Republic, Old Reactionaries
6.Bosnia: New Colonies
7.Republika Srpska: Democracy, NATO Style
8.The Other Atrocities
9.Demonizing the Serbs
10.On to Kosovo
11.The Rambouillet Ambush
12.NATO's War Crimes
13.The Genocide Hype Continues
14.Where Are All the Bodies Buried?
15.Ethnic Cleansing, KLA-NATO Style
16.Rational Destruction: Eliminating the Competition
17.Multiculturalism in Yugoslavia
18.Yugoslavia's Future: Is It Bulgaria?
19.Privatization as a Global Goal
20.The Aggression Continues
Notes
Index
Copyright © 2002 Michael Parenti. All rights reserved.
=== 2 ===
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 15:57:43 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
"THERE IS A GROWING CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WORLD OF THE NEED TO UNITE
THE FORCES OF RESISTANCE"
Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic wrote a Preface to the
Yugoslav/Serbian edition of the Michael Parenti's
book TO KILL A NATION - THE ATTACK ON
YUGOSLAVIA that just appeared from the press
in Belgrade.
The book appeared as a result of the initiative and
work of a group of patriots, which included the
private publisher MEDIAGRAF, who financed the
edition. President Milosevic gladly accepted the
request of the group to write a preface.
To order a copy of the book, one should contact the
publisher:
MEDIAGRAF, Simon Simonovic (director) tel/fax
+381 11 473 338, mobile +381 63 238 880,
E-mail: solvayyu@...
English translation of the President Milosevic's
preface (full text) is given below.
PREFACE TO YUGOSLAV EDITION
I congratulate all those people who gave their
contribution to translating and publishing of the
book - TO KILL A NATION - THE ATTACK
ON YUGOSLAVIA - in our country. Its author,
Michael Parenti, is an American to whom every
true veracious inhabitant of the Planet ought to be
grateful for the great courage and ability to see and
understand the events that marked the last decade
of the twentieth century.
His fellow country man, Ernest Hemingway, wrote
in 1948 in the introduction to his novel "Farewell to
Arms" (which was, actually, published for the first
time in 1929):"..wars are created, caused and
started by the economic differences, and they are
waged by the pigs which are trying to benefit from
them".
For the killing of Yugoslavia, all media, political,
economic and military means were used.
The war against Yugoslavia was conducted on
behalf of the great powers (Vatican, Germany,
America...) because Yugoslavia stood in the way
of their interests. It stood as an obstacle to the goals
of the new world oppressors, the new colonialism.
It represented "a bad example" for all those
countries and peoples who wished to stay free and
independent, and who wish to have the
international relationship on the equality basis.
The powers which preempted the name - the
International Community, only had understanding
for those who supported them. They didn't even
want to hear for the ones who didn't share their
point of view and for the ones opposing the New
World Order.
The International Community, meritorious for the
breaking of Yugoslavia, encouragement of extreme
nationalism in all Yugoslav republics (especially in
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina) and responsible
for the national conflicts, accused others for such
actions; the ones that stood as an obstacle to their
intentions, the ones who were the victims of these
intents - it accused Serbs for the evil which it itself
caused and performed.
This was not just the immorality of the
International Community, that is, of a certain part
of it which advocated such immorality, but it was a
crime of that certain part of the International
Community as well. In a certain way this was a
crime towards Croats and Muslims too, because
they were pushed back to the past, to irrational
nationalistic savagery. But, this crime, targeted
against Serbs, was the greatest of all crimes ever
directed towards any of the peoples in the second
half of the twentieth century in Europe.
Even the military support and involvement of
Islamist extremists bothered no one despite they
were the first Mujahideens ever appearing in the
military conflicts in the European domain till that
time. Nor was the military support of the regular
Croatian Army given to the Croatian military units
in Bosnia-Herzegovina of any interest to anyone.
It was only Serbia's material and moral help to the
Serbian population living in warring
Bosnia-Herzegovina that was causing rage and
disgust of the so-called International Community
to such extent that actions against "tyrannical and
militant" political authorities in Belgrade were
immediately taken, being in the shape of brutal
economic and all other sorts of sanctions which
were imposed to the just reorganized FR
Yugoslavia, along with the military intervention
against Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995 and
against FR Yugoslavia in 1999, in the collaboration
with the Albanian terrorists and separatists. Today
Serbs in Croatia and Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina
and Serbs in Serbia and all Serbs in general are
guilty for the crimes of which they were the
victims.
The war against Yugoslavia was and still is waged
without any moral scruples. Illegal "Court" in The
Hague is one of the means of that war and the
proof that it (the war) is still ongoing.
But the events, contrary to the intentions of the
creators of the New World Order and of The
Hague "Court", show every day that there is a
growing consciousness in the World of the need to
unite the forces of resistance to the new oppressors.
Michael Parenti is among those people who
undoubtedly gave great personal contribution to
that resistance.
The Hague, October 17, 2002
Slobodan Milosevic
Publisher's note: This text is the property of the publisher of the
Serbian edition of the book: `To kill a Nation: The Attack on
Yugoslavia' written by Michael Parenti, and the recipients by e-mail
are not allowed to make financial profit from it, by using it in web,
press or TV presentations without previous written permission of the
publisher.
© Mediagraf Belgrade 2002
1. To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia. Presentation and
Contents
2. Slobodan Milosevic's Preface to the Yugoslav/Serbian edition of the
book
=== 1 ===
http://www.michaelparenti.org/ToKillANation.html
To Kill A Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia
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 shortly after the bombings,
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 Yugoslavia
continues today, Parenti shows, as does the
forced privatization and Third Worldization of
the entire region.
What they are saying about TO KILL A
NATION: The Attack on Yugoslavia:
"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 co-author of NATO in the Balkans
Contents
Introduction: Whom Do We Believe?
1.Hypocritical Humanitarianism
2.Third Worldization
3.Divide and Conquer
4.Slovenia: Somewhat Out of Step
5.Croatia: New Republic, Old Reactionaries
6.Bosnia: New Colonies
7.Republika Srpska: Democracy, NATO Style
8.The Other Atrocities
9.Demonizing the Serbs
10.On to Kosovo
11.The Rambouillet Ambush
12.NATO's War Crimes
13.The Genocide Hype Continues
14.Where Are All the Bodies Buried?
15.Ethnic Cleansing, KLA-NATO Style
16.Rational Destruction: Eliminating the Competition
17.Multiculturalism in Yugoslavia
18.Yugoslavia's Future: Is It Bulgaria?
19.Privatization as a Global Goal
20.The Aggression Continues
Notes
Index
Copyright © 2002 Michael Parenti. All rights reserved.
=== 2 ===
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 15:57:43 +0100
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin" <vlada@...>
"THERE IS A GROWING CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WORLD OF THE NEED TO UNITE
THE FORCES OF RESISTANCE"
Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic wrote a Preface to the
Yugoslav/Serbian edition of the Michael Parenti's
book TO KILL A NATION - THE ATTACK ON
YUGOSLAVIA that just appeared from the press
in Belgrade.
The book appeared as a result of the initiative and
work of a group of patriots, which included the
private publisher MEDIAGRAF, who financed the
edition. President Milosevic gladly accepted the
request of the group to write a preface.
To order a copy of the book, one should contact the
publisher:
MEDIAGRAF, Simon Simonovic (director) tel/fax
+381 11 473 338, mobile +381 63 238 880,
E-mail: solvayyu@...
English translation of the President Milosevic's
preface (full text) is given below.
PREFACE TO YUGOSLAV EDITION
I congratulate all those people who gave their
contribution to translating and publishing of the
book - TO KILL A NATION - THE ATTACK
ON YUGOSLAVIA - in our country. Its author,
Michael Parenti, is an American to whom every
true veracious inhabitant of the Planet ought to be
grateful for the great courage and ability to see and
understand the events that marked the last decade
of the twentieth century.
His fellow country man, Ernest Hemingway, wrote
in 1948 in the introduction to his novel "Farewell to
Arms" (which was, actually, published for the first
time in 1929):"..wars are created, caused and
started by the economic differences, and they are
waged by the pigs which are trying to benefit from
them".
For the killing of Yugoslavia, all media, political,
economic and military means were used.
The war against Yugoslavia was conducted on
behalf of the great powers (Vatican, Germany,
America...) because Yugoslavia stood in the way
of their interests. It stood as an obstacle to the goals
of the new world oppressors, the new colonialism.
It represented "a bad example" for all those
countries and peoples who wished to stay free and
independent, and who wish to have the
international relationship on the equality basis.
The powers which preempted the name - the
International Community, only had understanding
for those who supported them. They didn't even
want to hear for the ones who didn't share their
point of view and for the ones opposing the New
World Order.
The International Community, meritorious for the
breaking of Yugoslavia, encouragement of extreme
nationalism in all Yugoslav republics (especially in
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina) and responsible
for the national conflicts, accused others for such
actions; the ones that stood as an obstacle to their
intentions, the ones who were the victims of these
intents - it accused Serbs for the evil which it itself
caused and performed.
This was not just the immorality of the
International Community, that is, of a certain part
of it which advocated such immorality, but it was a
crime of that certain part of the International
Community as well. In a certain way this was a
crime towards Croats and Muslims too, because
they were pushed back to the past, to irrational
nationalistic savagery. But, this crime, targeted
against Serbs, was the greatest of all crimes ever
directed towards any of the peoples in the second
half of the twentieth century in Europe.
Even the military support and involvement of
Islamist extremists bothered no one despite they
were the first Mujahideens ever appearing in the
military conflicts in the European domain till that
time. Nor was the military support of the regular
Croatian Army given to the Croatian military units
in Bosnia-Herzegovina of any interest to anyone.
It was only Serbia's material and moral help to the
Serbian population living in warring
Bosnia-Herzegovina that was causing rage and
disgust of the so-called International Community
to such extent that actions against "tyrannical and
militant" political authorities in Belgrade were
immediately taken, being in the shape of brutal
economic and all other sorts of sanctions which
were imposed to the just reorganized FR
Yugoslavia, along with the military intervention
against Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995 and
against FR Yugoslavia in 1999, in the collaboration
with the Albanian terrorists and separatists. Today
Serbs in Croatia and Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina
and Serbs in Serbia and all Serbs in general are
guilty for the crimes of which they were the
victims.
The war against Yugoslavia was and still is waged
without any moral scruples. Illegal "Court" in The
Hague is one of the means of that war and the
proof that it (the war) is still ongoing.
But the events, contrary to the intentions of the
creators of the New World Order and of The
Hague "Court", show every day that there is a
growing consciousness in the World of the need to
unite the forces of resistance to the new oppressors.
Michael Parenti is among those people who
undoubtedly gave great personal contribution to
that resistance.
The Hague, October 17, 2002
Slobodan Milosevic
Publisher's note: This text is the property of the publisher of the
Serbian edition of the book: `To kill a Nation: The Attack on
Yugoslavia' written by Michael Parenti, and the recipients by e-mail
are not allowed to make financial profit from it, by using it in web,
press or TV presentations without previous written permission of the
publisher.
© Mediagraf Belgrade 2002