The Graves: Forensic Efforts at Srebrenica and Vukovar Tapa dura - 1998

Brand: Scalo Publishers, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

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Zurich : Scalo, 1998. First Scalo edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 334 pages: illustrations; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-332) and index. Subjects: Parr (Martin) Collection. Crimes against humanity Croatia. Crimes against humanity Bosnia and Herzegovina. Genocide Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yugoslav War, 1991 Atrocities and destruction Bosnia and Herzegovina Srebrenica. Yugoslav War, 1991 Croatia Vukovar Atrocities and destruction. War crimes Personal narratives. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. Military history. Summary: In 1996, William Haglund and a team of forensic scientists from 19 countries were sent to investigate the mass graves discovered in the hills around Srebrenica in Bosnia, and at Vukovar in Croatia. This is an account of what they discovered.

Germany: Scalo Verlag AC, 1998. Book. Illus. by Gilles Peress. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. This book is the harrowing account of genocide by Eric Stover, with photographs by Gilles Peress, of how-- from a hell of mud and decomposing bodies-- investigator Haglund began to piece together victims' identities and the terrible ways they died. Over 40,000 Muslim refugees were living in and around Srebenica when it fell to the Serbs, under General Ratko Mladic in July 1995. Of the men who fled, or were rounded up by Serb troops, many were never seen again. Stover talks to the surviving families, women and children, including the women of Srebrenica still clinging to the hope that their men are alive-- even as Haglund's investigations prove otherwise. Mladic has since been charged with crimes of genocide, but Stover identifies a lack of political will to arrest the criminals and bring them to trial.  Inscribed by Eric Stover. Small erasure mark at top corner of first… Leer más