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NATO as the Left Hand of God

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=Source=Žižek, S. (2000) NATO as the Left Hand of God, Zagreb: Arkzin.{{BBSZ}}
=Review by ====Book Description=====[http[Image://wwwNATO.lacanAs.com/zizekchro2The.htm Tony MyersLeft.Hand.Of.God.jpg|200px|thumb|Book Cover]]=As with From the supplier: The Spectre is Still Roaming Around, this is a small book/essaywhich was originally sold only in very limited editions. It focuseson Žižek's critique of the NATO bombing -Yugoslavia conflict of former Yugoslavia.According to him, this action dramatized 1999 has been inaccurately characterized as a false alternative betweenthe New World Order and the neo-racist nationalists opposing ithumanitarian intervention. ForŽižek, on the other hand, these are The only supportable grounds for intervention would have been the two sides goal of the same coin -the New World Order, preventing people in which NATO is the military arm of multi-national capitalismKosovo from becoming victims, itself breeds the monstrosities, such as SlobodanMilosevic, that it fightsbut this was not done.
{{Footer Books Slavoj Žižek}}The NATO-Yugoslav conflict is a political example of the famous drawing in which we recognise the contours either of a rabbit head or of a goose head, depending on our mental focus. If we look at the situation in a certain way, we see the international community enforcing minimal human rights standards on a nationalist neo-Communist leader engaged in ethnic cleansing, ready to ruin his own nation just to retain power. If we shift the focus, we see NATO, the armed hand of the new capitalist global order, defending the strategic interests of the capital in the guise of a disgusting travesty, posing as a disinterested enforcer of human rights, attacking a sovereign country which acts as an obstacle to... Read [[Category:Slavoj ŽižekNATO, the Left Hand of God? (Essay)]]for a (large) sample. =====Product Details====={| style="width:100%; border:1px solid #aaa;text-align:left; line-height:2.0em; padding-left:10px;"|width="100%"| [[Category:Works by Slavoj Žižek|Zizek, Slavoj]]. '''''[[Category:WorksNATO as the Left Hand of God|NATO as the Left Hand of God. (NATO-Yugoslavia Conflict of 1999)]]'''''. ('Arena Magazine.'' Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd. August 1, 1999, Page 20) Zagreb: Arkzin 1999, 1st Edition, Paperback, 60 pages, Language: English, ISBN: 9536542102. <small>Buy it at [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9536542102/nosubject-20/ Amazon.com], [Categoryhttp:Books//www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/9536542102/nosub07-20/ Amazon.ca], [http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/9536542102/nosub-21/ Amazon.de], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/9536542102/nosubjencyofl-21/ Amazon.co.uk] or [Categoryhttp:Psychoanalysis]//www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/9536542102/nosub04-21/ Amazon.fr].</small>|} {{CBBSZ}}
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