Ian Kemish

I have to say that the Bosnian Muslims emerge, and probably rightly, as the clearest victims of the period.

I have to say that the Bosnian Muslims emerge, and probably rightly, as the clearest victims of the period.

But look, you know, it's not coincidence that

But look, you know, it's not coincidence that

The backstory in my book does feature, well, it features two bad things.

The backstory in my book does feature, well, it features two bad things.

It's not altogether a book that's about bad things.

It's not altogether a book that's about bad things.

These things lie in the background.

These things lie in the background.

And my point is one of them, based firmly on a real set of developments, involves an atrocity committed by Serbs against Croatians in the very early years of the conflict.

And my point is one of them, based firmly on a real set of developments, involves an atrocity committed by Serbs against Croatians in the very early years of the conflict.

And the other involves an atrocity committed by Croatians against Bosnians, Bosnian Muslims.

And the other involves an atrocity committed by Croatians against Bosnians, Bosnian Muslims.

And, you know, I'm not trying to make a huge local agenda point here, but in the end...

And, you know, I'm not trying to make a huge local agenda point here, but in the end...

If there were villains on any side, it was particularly the politicians, the nationalist politicians who, for their own purposes, manipulated and fanned the flames of century-old resentment that does, for historical reasons, exist in that region between some of these...

If there were villains on any side, it was particularly the politicians, the nationalist politicians who, for their own purposes, manipulated and fanned the flames of century-old resentment that does, for historical reasons, exist in that region between some of these...

These groups that we lazily call ethnicities, I mean, they're not ethnicities, they're cultural groups.

These groups that we lazily call ethnicities, I mean, they're not ethnicities, they're cultural groups.