{"product_id":"madam-war-criminal-olivera-simic-9781805262862","title":"Madam War Criminal: Biljana Plavsic, Serbia's Iron Lady","description":"In 2001, Biljana Plavsic made history: she became the only female political leader ever prosecuted for mass atrocities. She was the one woman among 161 indictees at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia--and the first since Nuremberg to be convicted by an international court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharged with genocide and crimes against humanity, Plavsic took a plea bargain. Just one other Bosnian Serb politician at her level was sentenced: Radovan Karadzic himself, President to Plavsic's Vice-President in the autonomous Republika Srpska. Yet before the conflict, Plavsic had been an globally renowned scientist at the University of Sarajevo, penning journal articles and serving as faculty dean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis gripping book revolves around hundreds of hours of interviews with a stridently unrepentant war criminal--now in her 90s, and a free woman. How did this biology professor end up heading a vengeful ethno-nationalist movement that murdered tens of thousands?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olivera Simic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1805262866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805262862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.00h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Olivera Simic","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47637444788479,"sku":"9781805262862","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ce580a8-2510-4a9f-87cd-c85f916a58ac.jpg?v=1765116271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madam-war-criminal-olivera-simic-9781805262862","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}