The Serbs

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History
NOTA BENE
"Tim Judah writes splendidly .The story he tells does much to explain both
the Serb obsession
with the treachery of
outsiders and their
quasi-religious faith in the eventual founding,
or rather reestablish-
ment, of the Serbian
—Mark Danner, New York Review of Books
Journalist Tim Judah witnessed firsthand many of the most horrifying episodes of the war in the former Yugoslavia. Judah offers here a history of the Serbs from medieval times to the present, combining a gripping personal description of the war with a skillful analysis of the historical and cultural context out of which it emerged. For this new paperback edition Judah adds observations on the rise of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the war in Kosovo, and NATO's 78-day bombing campaign ofYugoslavia.
"Judah's book is probably the best attempt to date to explain the calamitous situation of the Serbs today through a meticulous consideration of the Serb past."
—David Rieff, Toronto Globe and Mail... Tovább

Fülszöveg

History
NOTA BENE
"Tim Judah writes splendidly .The story he tells does much to explain both
the Serb obsession
with the treachery of
outsiders and their
quasi-religious faith in the eventual founding,
or rather reestablish-
ment, of the Serbian
—Mark Danner, New York Review of Books
Journalist Tim Judah witnessed firsthand many of the most horrifying episodes of the war in the former Yugoslavia. Judah offers here a history of the Serbs from medieval times to the present, combining a gripping personal description of the war with a skillful analysis of the historical and cultural context out of which it emerged. For this new paperback edition Judah adds observations on the rise of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the war in Kosovo, and NATO's 78-day bombing campaign ofYugoslavia.
"Judah's book is probably the best attempt to date to explain the calamitous situation of the Serbs today through a meticulous consideration of the Serb past."
—David Rieff, Toronto Globe and Mail
"A very good book____Judah cleverly interprets
Serbia's sad present in the light of its past."
—Norman Stone, Sunday Tmes
Timothy Judah was Balkans correspondent for the London Times and the Economist, reporting from Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and tjie former Yugoslavia. He wrote a major series on the war in Kosovo for the New York Review of Books. He is also the author of Kosovo: War and Revenge, published by Yale University Press.
Cover illustration: Serb soldiers, Muslim prisoners. Mount Ozren, Bosnia, summer 1992 (Tomislav Peternek). Vissza