Seasons in Hell: Understanding Bosnia's WarThe war that has riven Bosnia-Herzegovina is the most ferocious carnage to blight Europe since the fall of the Third Reich. It has shocked, challenged, but ultimately baffled the world. This account of the war boils down the labyrinth of violence to a horribly simple story: the humiliation, decimation and betrayal of the Bosnian Muslims by two rival Balkan powers, and then by the international community. |
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The War of Maps | 3 |
The War in Croatia | 11 |
What is BosniaHerzegovina? | 29 |
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