Making a Killing
How the West Profits From Slaughter in Gaza and Yemen
Andrew Feinstein author Ruth Rohde author Jack Cinamon author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Verso Books
Publishing:24th Nov '26
£25.00
This title is due to be published on 24th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The hidden networks that connect the West with the brutal devastation in the wars of the Middle East, by leading arms trade Investigators and author of The Shadow World
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.
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 *
With forensic rigour and moral clarity, the authors trace the bombs, money, corporations, governments and political networks that make mass destruction a lucrative industry. The book names the victims, follows the weapons, traces the money and shows that impunity is not accidental; it is organised. Making a Killing performs an essential act of witness and resistance. International law shall be our tool, but law without courage, evidence without action, and outrage without organisation will not be enough. -- Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Genocidal slaughter in the colonies is an extractive process. The bodies of people of colour are themselves mined through wounding and killing to generate wealth in the global North. This forensic examination of the mechanisms by which this accumulation by wounding, now central to late capitalist imperialism, is critical for us to understand the magnitude of this mode of production. -- Ghassan Abu Sittah
The global arms industry is one of the most secretive and deadly on the planet, committed to shredding men, women and children in the name of 'national security'. This book explodes that myth with harrowing testimony and investigations into how the civilians of Gaza and Yemen are paying the ultimate price for an horrific industry. Read, weep and act. -- Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory
Most people are shocked by the horrific bombing of civilians in Palestine and Yemen. This book follows how the weapons are made, from the innocent victims back to the producers, dealers and distributors directly implicated in the value chain, as well as the governments complicit in these crimes. It will be invaluable for anyone challenging the arms trade. -- Helen Lackner, author of Yemen in Crisis
ISBN: 9781836740841
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 350g
368 pages