Strange
Liberators - Militarism, Mayhem, And The Pursuit Of Profit
By Gregory Elich
06 October, 2006
Countercurrents.org
Book Reiview
From war and sanctions to corporate
plunder and the looming threat of climate change, the harrowing accounts
in Gregory Elich's Strange Liberators comprise an essential source for
understanding today's world. This is U.S. foreign policy as seen by
those on the receiving end.
"Gregory Elich is the
model investigative journalist of the anti-imperialist left; tenacious,
thorough, penetrating, meticulous and above all, uncompromising. On
Yugoslavia, North Korea, Zimbabwe, and Iraq, no one digs deeper, and
no one uncovers more, than Elich." Stephen Gowans, political commentator,
What's Left
"Using a wealth of historic
evidence and revelatory analysis, deep research and eye-witness investigation,
Gregory Elich treats what lawyers call the 'hard cases': Yugoslavia,
Croatia, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and certain untouched questions about
Iraq, issues that have been most thoroughly misrepresented in the corporate
media and even by political commentators and activists who claim to
be on the left. Elich wastes no time with genuflections to the dominant
ideology. Instead he sticks to the awful facts and glaring truths that
compose the underlying reality of the U.S. global empire. He ties in
his deeply informed case studies to the wider issues of U.S. imperial
policy, the broader questions of war and peace, and the general crisis
that faces the entire world and the planet's ecology itself. Thereby
he performs a most valuable service to persons all across the political
spectrum." Michael Parenti, author of The Culture Struggle, The
Assassination of Julius Caesar and To Kill a Nation
"For years, Gregory Elich has made his mark as a journalist-historian
who pairs a special literary flair with a talent for uncovering real
time, tightly held intelligence secrets. In this profoundly ominous
time of modern history, there are precious few contemporary writers
who brook no compromise with the truth. This volume stands tall, and
the author is a special breed."
Louis Wolf, publisher of Covert Action Quarterly
"Informed Americans
know about their government's interventions into Vietnam, Cuba, Afghanistan,
Iraq, and elsewhere. They know about the violations of international
law, the injustices, the lies, and the harm caused by these actions.
But the case of Yugoslavia tends to draw a blank. Even worse, it tends
to elicit support for this 'humanitarian' intervention. Correcting this
gross misunderstanding and distortion of history is one reason among
many for reading this book."
William Blum, author of Killng Hope and Rogue State
"Gregory Elich offers
a clear and vital analysis of the goals of private interests and their
secret collusion with the Bush administration to cover up a broad range
of dangers, from war to global warming. Scholars, researchers and the
lay public interested in US foreign policy will find this book both
vital and illuminating." Lenora Foerstel, Vice President of Women
for Mutual Security and author of Confronting the Margaret Mead Legacy
"Gregory Elich has dedicated himself to skillfully unearthing and
disseminating the information that typically goes unsaid. He provides
us with the well-researched fundamentals we cannot and should not expect
to get from our newspapers or televisions. Put another way, Elich teaches
us to
identify the 'gates' that restrict our freedom of thought." Mickey
Z, author of The Seven Deadly Spins and 50 American Revolutions You're
Not Supposed to Know
About the Author:
Gregory Elich is on the Board
of Directors of the Jasenovac Research Institute and on the Advisory
Board of the Korea Truth Commission. His articles have appeared in newspapers
and periodicals across the world, including the U.S., Canada, South
Korea, Great Britain, France, Zimbabwe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Denmark
and Australia.
Publication: Strange Liberators
Author: Gregory Elich
Paperback
ISBN: 1-59526-570-8
Pages: 424
Price: $25.95
Size: 6x9
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Militarism-Mayhem-Pursuit/dp/1595265708
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