They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in the Hague (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143035428)

"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.

Author: Slavenka Drakulic
ISBN-10: 0143035428
ISBN-13: 9780143035428
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2005
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.80h x 6.84w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 08/01/2005 pg. 63
New York Times 09/11/2005 pg. 32