Why Bosnia? Writings on the Balkan War

by Rabia Ali, Lawrence Lifschultz (Editor)

A collection of essays and poetry reflect the feelings of those effected by the conflict in Bosnia, the impact of the U.S. presidential election, and the failed Vance-Owen compromise

Genres: History, Nonfiction

353 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Boris Cesnik · Rating 5 out of 5]

The introduction alone is worth the price of admission. The whole collection of essays is a stunning effort to stitch together the unspeakable and unexplainable (hi)story of the one none and a million Bosnia.

Different topics, diverse narratives, alternative visions, kaleidoscopic styles almost reach the unreachable aim of giving the reader one single voice albeit ever so slight clashes in opinions, analyses and historical rencounters.

The introduction alone makes the book. The rest is a cherry on the cake.

[Alma · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not a typical book about the war. This book is a collection of articles, official documents, and interviews with government officials that wither directly or indirectly allowed the war to ensue in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the the 1990s.

[Claire Binkley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book answered the rest of my questions about Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and the other states that made up the former Yugoslavia, it just is not very pleasant. "Ethnic cleansing" doesn't mean just getting rid of the other culture, it also means adopting the enemy's children and raising them in the opposing culture, which explained to me why Russian adoptions are so controversial, Putin expressly forbids them. I got to learn I'd been saying Milošević wrong this whole time.

[Danis · Rating 3 out of 5]

read parts only , inspired by The Unquiet Dead