tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post4774051477803428265..comments2023-10-28T05:02:10.442-04:00Comments on Americans For Bosnia: "In Harm's Way" by Martin Bell [10]Kirk Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06879908614214050994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-67168053542049943442009-11-07T19:14:55.107-05:002009-11-07T19:14:55.107-05:00I know you love reading books, here is one great b...I know you love reading books, here is one great book for you:<br /><br />Book title: To Know Where He Lies: DNA Technology and the Search for Srebrenica's Missing, Author: Sarah E. WagnerSrebrenica Genocidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04537958649391909339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23301331.post-39314744820601832482009-10-31T18:07:49.983-04:002009-10-31T18:07:49.983-04:00Justwatch-l published a brief excerpt from Taylor ...Justwatch-l published a brief excerpt from Taylor Branch's new book "The Clinton Tapes" in which the former President talks about Bosnia and the reluctance (to put it very mild terms) of France (in particular) and Britain (less vehmently) to get rid of the international embargo against Bosnia. According to Clinton, while in public they justified their opposition to the lifting the embargo on humanitarian grounds (not wanting to promote further bloodshed, possible distruption of humanitarian aid, etc.) in private they were much more blunt:they simply did not want a "Muslim" country in Europe-in other words the embargo, with its lopsided advantage to Serbia and Croatia was achieving its goal.<br /><br />Okay, my description of the book is longer than the excerpt itself, so here it is: http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0910&L=JUSTWATCH-L&T=0&O=D&P=175256<br /><br />OT: I have not read the book myself, but Branch is a brilliant writer, his books on the civil rights movement in the 1960s won him the Pulitzer (and justifiably so).Shainahttp://bloggingbalkanistan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com