
Making a Killing
How the West Profits From Slaughter in Gaza and Yemen
Verso Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 10. November 2026
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-1-83674-084-1 (ISBN)
Description
Gaza is the first televised genocide in human history, while the war in Yemen, facilitated by western arms supplies to the Saudi-led coalition, was all but invisible in the western media. As images of Western-supplied weapons killing civilians flood social media, the traditional narratives about ""humanitarian intervention"" and ""rules-based order"" have shattered.
Told through on-the-ground accounts, the book traces the blood money flowing through London, Washington, and European capitals and the weapons that wreak violence and suffering across Yemen and Gaza. Through meticulous investigation, Andrew Feinstein and his team of arms trade experts reveal how Western governments systematically violate their own laws to fuel genocidal conflicts, and have created a revolving door of politicians, military leaders, and corporate executives enriching themselves while demolishing international law.
Told through on-the-ground accounts, the book traces the blood money flowing through London, Washington, and European capitals and the weapons that wreak violence and suffering across Yemen and Gaza. Through meticulous investigation, Andrew Feinstein and his team of arms trade experts reveal how Western governments systematically violate their own laws to fuel genocidal conflicts, and have created a revolving door of politicians, military leaders, and corporate executives enriching themselves while demolishing international law.
Reviews / Votes
Feinstein has written an authoritative guide to the business of war. Chilling, heartbreaking and enraging. -- Arundhati Roy The work of a knowledgeable, committed and angry activist . . . he has done a large service. * Financial Times * The nobility and justice of Feinstein's sentiments are indisputable. * Sunday Times *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83674-084-1 (9781836740841)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Andrew Feinstein is a former ANC MP who served under Nelson Mandela. His acclaimed book The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade was made in an award-winning documentary. In 2024 he stood as an independent candidate against Sir Keir Starmer to highlight the government's complicity in the war in Gaza. He is currently Executive Director of the non-profit, Shadow World Investigations.
Content
Introduction
Section 1: How the World Was Made
1 A Time of Monsters
2 The End of History
3 The Forgotten War: Saudi Arabia and UAE Wage War in Yemen
4 The Genocide Will be Televised: War in Gaza
Section 2: The World as It Is: Corrupt, Deceitful, Deadly
5 The War from the Skies
6 The War on Water
7 The War on Land
8 Technological Warfare
9 How Do the Bombs Get There?
Section 3: Why the World Is As It Is & What We Can Do About It
10 The Shadow World of the Global Arms Trade
11 The Best Democracies Money Can Buy
12 Who Profits?
13 Is Justice Possible?
Coda: So, Who Murdered the Alnaouq Family?
Acknowledgements
Section 1: How the World Was Made
1 A Time of Monsters
2 The End of History
3 The Forgotten War: Saudi Arabia and UAE Wage War in Yemen
4 The Genocide Will be Televised: War in Gaza
Section 2: The World as It Is: Corrupt, Deceitful, Deadly
5 The War from the Skies
6 The War on Water
7 The War on Land
8 Technological Warfare
9 How Do the Bombs Get There?
Section 3: Why the World Is As It Is & What We Can Do About It
10 The Shadow World of the Global Arms Trade
11 The Best Democracies Money Can Buy
12 Who Profits?
13 Is Justice Possible?
Coda: So, Who Murdered the Alnaouq Family?
Acknowledgements