Publication

2005-07-26 - Penguin (Non-Classics)

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780143035428
  • ISBN-100143035428
  • Goodreads278229
  • LibraryThing473231
  • OCLC Control Number61695961
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780143035428
  • Open LibraryOL7361513M

Classifications

  • LCCDR1313
  • LCCDR1313.7.A85 D7 2005

Description

"Who were they? Ordinary people like you or me—or monsters?” asks internationally acclaimed author Slavenka Drakulic as she sets out to understand the people behind the horrific crimes committed during the war that tore apart Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Drawing on firsthand observations of the trials, as well as on other sources, Drakulic portrays some of the individuals accused of murder, rape, torture, ordering executions, and more during one of the most brutal conflicts in Europe in the twentieth century, including former Serbian president Slobodan Miloševic; Radislav Krstic, the first to be sentenced for genocide; Biljana Plavšic, the only woman accused of war crimes; and Ratko Mladic, now in hiding. With clarity and emotion, Drakulic paints a wrenching portrait of a country needlessly torn apart.

First Sentence

ONCE UPON a time, in a faraway part of Europe, behind seven mountains and seven rivers, there was a beautiful country called Yugoslavia.

Subjects

Topics

949.703PsychologyAtrocitiesNationalismWar criminalsPolitical cultureInternational courts

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