Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II
by David Rohde
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In Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica: Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Rohde follows the experiences of seven central characters - three Muslims in Srebrenica, two Dutch peacekeepers charged with defending the surrounded town, and two Serb Army soldiers attacking it - through the ten-day period that changed the course of the war in Bosnia and was arguably the darkest hour in United Nations history. Drawing on previously undisclosed show more accounts of top-level UN meetings, internal documents, and hundreds of interviews with participants on all sides, Rohde exposes how the United States, France, Great Britain, the United Nations, and the Bosnian government - out of incompetence or cynicism - allowed 40,000 Muslims to fall into the hands of their potential executioners. Part of an apparent Serb endgame to win the war, Srebrenica's fall ended up playing a crucial role in the Clinton administration's "endgame strategy" that halted the conflict. The most comprehensive book to date on the subject, Endgame is a tale of cynical power politics in the post-Cold War era, a case study in genocide, and a disturbing testament to the power of propaganda and self-delusion. show lessTags
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This book is a surprisingly quick and rather insightful read on a troubling subject. For me, it posed more questions that needed investigating than it did answers, but, really, what more can you want out of a good book? Good for those with background knowledge in the region, and for those who are just starting to learn about the Balkans.
Tolkien said it best:
“So much death. What can men do against such reckless hate?”
“So much death. What can men do against such reckless hate?”
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- Important places
- Bosnia and Herzegovina; Serbia; Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina
- Important events
- Bosnian War
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- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 949.703 — History & geography History of Europe Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria Former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina ∙ Croatia ∙ Kosovo ∙ Montenegro ∙ Macedonia ∙ Serbia ∙ Slovenia) [formerly also Bulgaria]
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- DR1313.32 .S68 .R64 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Balkan Peninsula History of Balkan Peninsula Yugoslavia History By period 1918-
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- Languages
- English
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