tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post6913644205872013871..comments2023-10-28T05:02:10.442-04:00Comments on Americans For Bosnia: "To Kill A Nation" by Michael Parenti [3]Kirk Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-73735934004057382722007-06-20T11:09:00.000-04:002007-06-20T11:09:00.000-04:00Parenti is part of a group of far-Left revisionist...Parenti is part of a group of far-Left revisionists who chose to believe that socialist Yugoslavia was deliberately destroyed by the USA and its Western allies. They believe this despite the paucity of evidence to support this position, and the mountains of evidence that the country was destroyed by a combination of rising nationalism in the post-Tito era and bad leadership ("bad leadership" here means anything from incompetent to ill-advised to simply evil).<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you found my blog. Please see some of the other sources I've linked to--there are many places to look.<BR/><BR/>I would HIGHLY recommend the following book:<BR/><BR/>"Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation" by Laura Silber and Allan Little. Probably the best, and most thorough, one-volume history of the war for general readership.<BR/><BR/>There are many other excellent works out there, but if you want to read ONE book that is trustworthy and fairly comprehensive, that would be the one.Kirk Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-18178348309541191112007-06-17T14:49:00.000-04:002007-06-17T14:49:00.000-04:00Thank you for writing this. I was trying to learn ...Thank you for writing this. I was trying to learn more about what happened in the 1990s in the Balkans and picked up Parenti's book. I was so disappointed with his arguments, sources, and overall methodology. I'm still looking for Parenti's motives in demonizing every former Yugoslav republic save Serbia, but I haven't been able to find anything online.knibilnatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16723226585174198413noreply@blogger.com