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	• Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War Peter Maass Vintage, 1997 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 44 reviews view larger image
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A walk in Bosnia

This was not a bad book if you're looking for a journalist's point of view. I've been to Bosnia and Kosovo. This is a walk through Bosnia from a jounalist's perspective. It misses the historical background and any real analysis for actions of the Bosniacs, Croats, or Bosnian Serbs. The book is written with a Bosniac bias and is not objective.

MUST READ FOR EVERYONE

An amazing book. I have read hundreds of books on Bosnia, and if I was to choose one that really stands out, than it is this one. Peter Maass got it all in this book. It is already a classic. Excellent story telling ability. Great, great, great...

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Great Work

In the aftermath of the war in the Balkans, it became quite a "fashion" to be reading about the Bosnian war and it seemed like alot of people started writing about the history, politics and cultural background of an area that was largely neglected before. Peter Maass' book could easily have been another telling from a Western journalist's/ politician's mistaken perpective, where they accuse the Yugoslav -- Muslims, Serbs, Croats and everyone of having been fighting and killing each other from day one. Instead, he has a produced one of the best personal accounts of the Bosnian conflict. Rather than confronting the issue in a me vs. them scenario, Maass crosses the line and tries to identify with them, the victims of conflict, and an indifferent international community. Maass sets a background for readers who have zero knowledge on the war or countries involved and his strong, frustrated, bitter and angry voice moves readers to the suffering that went on in the region known as the Powder Keg. A phenomenal book on a complex situation, Maass has done justice to the countless nameless people who were affected by the war by bringing their story to the surface and telling the truth as he saw and experienced it.

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I have been to Bosnia too

I have been to Bosnia as well. I HIGHLY recommend this book to people who seek to understand this country's war. I think Peter Maass did an excellent job of showing the deception that the American public was given concerning the war in Bosnia and of the true role the US played in Bosnia. Most americans do not understand that role and they should read Peter's book to gain a better and further understanding. I have spoken to many Bosnians, Serbs and Croats personally about how they felt about each other before the war and they responded to me "We did not think a war in Bosnia was possible because we lived together...inter-married with each other and went to school together" I think Peter Maass received some kind of prestigious award for this book and he certainly deserves the award he got. When I was in Bosnia I had the misfortune of having to do some dirty work of recovering remains from mass graves. It is sad that the world turned a blind eye towards this repeat of history. This says something about our society and it shows that we must seek to further understand why we as people allow such planned programs of mass exterminations to take place and why the rest of the world can easily turn a blind eye to it. Me personally...words cannot describe my utter disgust for Clinton and Peter Maass's book will help us to understand ourselves much better.

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Hypnotic

This is a fascinating book. It is an excellent source if you are writing any particular paper in reference to Bosnia's recent war. From the beginning, as one reads the intriguing chapter titles, to the end, where one reads a somber but hopeful last chapter, this book is great. It is very detailed and informative.

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