March 24, 1999, marked the end of the European post-war period. With the onset of bombings against Serbian and Montenegrin cities by NATO, the destruction of the once multinational and non-aligned Yugoslavia escalated into military intervention. Hannes Hofbauer traces the tragedy in the Balkans. An external perspective, grounded in world-systems theory and history, aims to help clear the fog of propaganda that has caused total uncertainty in the critical public in the West. Only in this way can the contours of the interests of German and American warmongers be outlined, and the ideological substance of the apparent justification for dropping bombs in the name of human rights and solidarity be exposed.