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Description for Belgrade
Hardcover. A serious and persuasive questioning of the Serbs' reputation as children of darkness in the Yugoslav War, drawing upon conversations with Serbian intellectuals in their capital. "Illuminating and compelling."-John Scanlan, former U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia (1985-1989). Num Pages: 352 pages, M. BIC Classification: CBD; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 681.
The murderous war in Yugoslavia brings a daily round of revulsion, with the world's press fixed on the Serbs as children of darkness. "A valiant and warlike race," Churchill called the Serbs. Certainly their reputation for war has stuck. But as Florence Levinsohn finds in this penetrating look at the Balkan conflict, the Serbs are complex and often misunderstood. During an intensive stay in Belgrade, Ms. Levinsohn talked with a cross-section of Serbian intellectuals and absorbed the mood of a city enduring a draconian UN embargo. In Belgrade she unpeels the many layers of confusion, despair, cynicism, anger, and yearning ... Read more
The murderous war in Yugoslavia brings a daily round of revulsion, with the world's press fixed on the Serbs as children of darkness. "A valiant and warlike race," Churchill called the Serbs. Certainly their reputation for war has stuck. But as Florence Levinsohn finds in this penetrating look at the Balkan conflict, the Serbs are complex and often misunderstood. During an intensive stay in Belgrade, Ms. Levinsohn talked with a cross-section of Serbian intellectuals and absorbed the mood of a city enduring a draconian UN embargo. In Belgrade she unpeels the many layers of confusion, despair, cynicism, anger, and yearning ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566630610
SKU
V9781566630610
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About Florence Levinsohn
Florence H. Levinson was an independent journalist who wrote widely on politics and urban affairs. Her books include Harold Washington: A Political Biography; School Desegregation: Shadow and Substance; and, most recently, Belgrade: Among the Serbs.
Reviews for Belgrade
A perfect antidote to the mediaís version of the war in Yugoslavia...no one can know the meaning of the Serbian tragedy without reading this book.
Barry Schwartz, author of The Battle for Human Nature Her account travels through the intellectual soul of a people in an ancient city caught between old terrors and a modern United Nations embargo, a ... Read more
Barry Schwartz, author of The Battle for Human Nature Her account travels through the intellectual soul of a people in an ancient city caught between old terrors and a modern United Nations embargo, a ... Read more