Radovan Karad¿i¿

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-107-07335-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 666 g

Radovan Karadžic, leader of the Bosnian Serb nationalists during the Bosnian War (1992–5), stands accused of genocide and other crimes of war before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. This book traces the origins of the extreme violence of the war to the utopian national aspirations of the Serb Democratic Party and Karadžic's personal transformation from an unremarkable family man to the powerful leader of the Bosnian Serb nationalists. Based on previously unused documents from the tribunal's archives and many hours of Karadžic's cross-examination at his trial, the author shows why and how the Bosnian Serb leader planned and directed the worst atrocities in Europe since the Second World War. This book provocatively argues that postcommunist democracy was a primary enabler of mass atrocities because it provided the means to mobilize large numbers of Bosnian Serbs for the campaign to eliminate non-Serbs from conquered land.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donia, Robert J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Youth of hardship, lands of lore; 2. Sacrificial founder; 3. Naïve nationalist; 4. Miloševic's willing disciple; 5. The autumn of Radovan's rage; 6. Visionary planner; 7. Euroskeptic; 8. Imperious Serb unifier; 9. Triumphant conspirator; 10. Strategic multitasker; 11. Callous perpetrator; 12. Duplicitous diplomat; 13. Host in solitude; 14. Architect of genocide; 15. Falling star; 16. Resourceful fugitive; 17. Radovan Karadžic and the Bosnian War.

Über Autor(innen)

Donia, Robert J.
Robert J. Donia has been visiting and writing about the former Yugoslavia since 1965. He has authored three books and written numerous articles about the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina and has taught courses on human rights and the former Yugoslavia as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. As an expert historical witness, he has provided testimony at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague in the trials of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Miloševic and former Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadžic and Ratko Mladic and twelve other trials.