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Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood by Barbara Demick Publisher Comments Logavina Street was a microcosm of Sarajevo, a six-block-long history lesson. For four centuries, it existed as a quiet residential area in a charming city long known for its ethnic and religious tolerance. On this street of 240 families, Muslims and... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Collapse of Yugoslavia, 1991-1999 (04 Edition) by Alastair Finlan Publisher Comments In 1991, an ethnically diverse region that had enjoyed decades of peaceful coexistence descended into bitter hatred and chaos, almost overnight. Communities fractured along lines of ethnic and religious affiliation and the ensuing fighting was deeply... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Belgrade: A Cultural History (Cityscapes) by Davis Norris Publisher Comments Perched above the confluence of two great rivers, the Sava and Danube, Belgrade has been home to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Magyars, Ottomans and Serbs. A Turkish fortress, the focus for a Serbian principality, an... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II by David Rohde Publisher Comments In 1993, the UN Security Council officially made Srebrenica the world’s first UN-protected civilian safe area and stripped the town’s Muslim defenders of their tanks and artillery. Two years later, Srebrenica fell after UN commanders turned... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fracture Zone : A Return to the Balkans by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments A true portrait of one of the world's most chaotic and beautiful regions that explains why violence has always occurred there — and why it may continue for years to come. The vast and mountainous area that makes up the Balkans is rife with... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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My War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony Loyd Publisher Comments "A truly exceptional...account of his time in the Balkans and Chechnya....I read [Loyd's] story of war and addiction (to conflict and to heroin) with a sense of gratitude for the honesty and courage on every page." Independent (UK)"... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in the Hague by Slavenka Drakulic Publisher Comments Drakulic introduces readers to the accused individuals from the Bosnian conflict of the early 1990s--from the infamous to the unknown to the unquestionably guilty--seeking to understand the people behind the horrific crimes.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Book of Revenge a Blues for Yugoslavia by Dragan Todorovic Publisher Comments A darkly comic recollection of a country that no longer exists, and a lyrical examination of the importance of taking a stand when it counts. Set against a backdrop of horrific world events, this is narrative non-fiction at its best. To a young boy... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo by Peter Andreas Book News Annotation Andreas (political science and international studies, Brown U.) describes the imposition, maintenance, lifting, and aftermath of the longest siege in modern history, lasting from 1992 to 1995. In addition to its intrinsic interest, he says, the United... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Madness Visible: A Memoir of War by Janine Di Giovanni Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-275) and index.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Winning Ugly: NATO's War to Save Kosovo by Ivo H Daalder Publisher Comments Drawing on interviews with many key U.S., NATO, and allied participants, the authors explore the causes, conduct, and consequences of the Kosovo conflict.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Srebrenica: Record of a War Crime by Jan Willem Honig Publisher Comments "A chilling testimony to the evil that executed—and the bungling that coud not pevent—an 'ethnic cleasing' massacre, the single worst atrocity in Europe since World War II."—The New York Times Book Review.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Don't Mourn, Balkanize!: Essays After Yugoslavia by Andrej Grubacic Publisher Comments Presenting a radical leftist perspective on the recent history of the Balkan region, this collection of essays, commentaries, and interviews argues that the dismantling of Yugoslavia is just another milestone in the long history of colonialism... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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Balkan Inferno: Betrayal, War and Intervention 1990-2005 by Wes Johnson Publisher Comments From the final chapter: at an Athens cocktail party in the fall of 2003 a young officer from the US embassy said that his first assignment, in 1993-4, had been Tirana, "We could do anything we wanted. In fact, they would like to be our fifty-first state.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fall of Milosevic: The October 5th Revolution by Dragan Bujosevic Publisher Comments Told for the first time, the riveting story of how common people-miners, cooks, former soldiers-shook off the intimidation of Serbian strongman Slobadan Milosevic and overthrew, peacefully, his tyrannical regime. Based on numerous interviews with... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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They Would Never Hurt a Fly War Criminal by Slavenka Drakulic Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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After the Fall: Srebrenica Survivors in St. Louis by Patrick Mccarthy Publisher Comments War in the Balkans dominated headlines throughout the 1990s, displacing millions of ordinary people and renewing debate over responses to genocide in the modern era. St. Louis is home today to nearly 20,000 refugees from war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, one... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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People of the Storm God: Travels in Macedonia (Lost & Found) by Will Myer Publisher Comments Travelling in Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and the newly independent Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Myer encounters a bewildering array of political and cultural opinions-Orthodox Christians and Muslims, communists and nationalists, warlords and... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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When Courage Prevailed: The Rescue and Survival of Jews in the Independent State of Croatia 1941-1945 by Esther Gitman Publisher Comments "A historical study of the treatment of Jews in Yugoslavia after Nazi ideology was adopted, with an emphasis on the ways Jews survived and were rescued by those who put their own lives in peril"--Provided by publisher.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.72 New - Trade Paper
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Suitcase: Refugee Voices from Bosnia & Croatia by Julie Mertus Publisher Comments The whirlwind of Europe's longest war in half a century has produced this powerful collection of personal narratives--essays, letters, and poems--from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, these stories tell... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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