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They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in the Hague

Slavenka Drakulic

"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. Drawing on firsthand observations of the trials, as well as on other sources, Drakulic portrays some of the individuals accused of murder, rape, torture, ordering executions, and more during one of the most brutal conflicts in Europe in the twentieth century, including former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic; Radislav Krstic, the first to be sentenced for genocide; Biljana Plavsic, the only woman accused of war crimes; and Ratko Mladic, now in hiding. With clarity and emotion, Drakulic paints a wrenching portrait of a country needlessly torn apart.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Publish Date: Jul 26th, 2005
  • Pages: 224
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.80in - 6.84in - 0.60in - 0.39lb
  • EAN: 9780143035428
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: Eastern Europe - GeneralGenocide & War CrimesModern - 20th Century - General

About the Author

Slavenka Drakulic was born in Croatia in 1949. The author of several works of nonfiction and novels, she has written for The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, and numerous publications around the world.

Praise for this book

With the craft of a major journalist, Drakulic4 distills the proceedings into economical, evocative narratives ("Elle")
With the craft of a major journalist, Drakulic distills the proceedings into economical, evocative narratives ("Elle")
With the craft of a major journalist, DrakulicA distills the proceedings into economical, evocative narratives ("Elle")
With the craft of a major journalist, Drakulic? distills the proceedings into economical, evocative narratives ("Elle")