For 78 days in 1999, NATO forces led by theUnited States bombed Yugoslavia, killinghundreds of its civilians and devastating itsinfrastructure. NATO spokesmen justified thebombardment as ``humanitarian intervention''''aimed at halting President Slobodan Milosevic''s``ethnic cleansing'''' of non-Serbs in Yugoslavia. This essay deconstructs NATO''s rationalizationsand analyzes other more sinister motives forthe bombing. By containing Yugoslavia, andmaintaining a permanent presence in Kosovo, theUnited States seeks to ensure its access toCaspian Sea oil, and to maintain economichegemony over Europe. U.S. activities inother countries, such as Turkey, corroboratethe non-``humanitarian'''' motives for the bombingof Yugoslavia. Finally, the essay analyzes whyNATO''s so-called ``humanitarian'''' bombardment ofYugoslavia was rather a ``crime againsthumanity'''' undertaken in violation ofinternational law.