Military interventions on supposedly humanitarian grounds have
become an established feature of the post-Cold War global order.
Since September 11, this form of militarism has taken on new and
unpredictable proportions. Diana Johnstone's well-documented study
demonstrates that a crucial moment in establishing in the public
mindand above all, within the political context of liberalism and
the leftthe legitimacy of such interventions was the "humanitarian"
bombing of the former Yugoslavia in 1999.
In the course of the civil wars that led to the break-up of
Yugoslavia, a complex history came to be presented as a morality
play in which the parts were scripted to meet the moral needs of
the capitalist West. The identification of Muslims as defenseless
victims and Serbs as genocidal monsters inflamed fears and hatreds
within Yugoslavia, and prepared the way for power to be shifted
from the people of the region to such international agencies as
NATO.
Deceptions and Self-Deceptionstests the popular myths against
the reality of Yugoslav history. Johnstone identifies the common
geopolitical interests running through such military interventions,
and argues persuasively that they create problems rather than
solving them. She shows that the "Kosovo war" was in reality the
model for future destruction of countries seen as potential threats
to the hegemony of an "international community" currently being
redefined to exclude or marginalize all but those who conform to
the interests of the United States.
A concluding chapter shows how the script prepared for
Yugoslavia is being re-enacted in Afghanistan. Whether Milosevic's
trial before the International Court at the Hague or the capture
ofbin Laden will provide an adequate conclusion to this ideological
play-making, remains an open question.
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