A new generation draws the line kosovo east timor and the standards of the west noam chomsky on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the conflicts in kosovo and east timor looked at side by side by noam chomsky starkly illuminate the strategies of the western powers in the new century. S t kosovo east timor and the standards of the west 1999 saw two major international crises which looked at side by side by noam chomsky starkly illuminate the strategies of the western powers in the new century. Note the author of this review compares noam chomskys a new generation draws the line kosovo east timor and the standards of the west and david fromkins kosovo crossing american ideals meet reality on the balkan battlefields the dilemma of politics if you were ruthless enough to gain power to change the world you probably would lack the idealism to change it for the better. A new generation draws the line kosovo east timor and the standards of the west noam chomsky 1999 saw two major international crises that looked at side by side with characteristic acuity by noam chomsky starkly illuminate the strategies of the western powers in the new century. Chomsky dissects the meaning and uses of this international instrument in a new chapter other chapters from the book help readers understand the wests uses and abuses of humanitarian intervention which is not always what it seems including detailed studies of east timor and kosovo