by Adam Le Bor (Author)
This is the first authoritative biography of Slobodan Milosevic, currently on trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity. Adam LeBor, a critically acclaimed author and journalist who covered the Yugoslav Wars for the Independent and The Times , documents the life of a man whose policies instigated four wars, who skilfully exploited the most modern techniques of media management to whip up a nationalist frenzy, and under whose rule bloody campaigns of ethnic cleansing systematically destroyed a once sophisticated multi-ethnic country, and yet who retained for a decade the ability to wrap the 'international community' round his little finger. It gives the inside story of Milosevic's childhood, his marriage to Mira (who gave him an entree into the highest circles of Yugoslavia's political elite), his rise to power, the looted money (estimated at some $30 billion), the ascendancy of crime over politics (personified in his son Marko's enterprises), his relationships with key figures like Radovan Karadzic and Franjo Tujman, not to mention the many western diplomats, politicians and businessmen with whom he dealt for more than 10 years, and finally the story of his fall from power.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 04 Aug 2003
ISBN 10: 0747561818
ISBN 13: 9780747561811
Book Overview: * The true face of the man whose life played out in microcosm the fall of Yugoslavia, by an acclaimed war journalist who writes for Independent and The Times. 'Lebor's excellent biography has combined journalistic flair with a historian's grasp of detail to bring us a haunting portrait of the man the West said it could do business with ' FERGAL KEANE Mail on Sunday 'This is a valuable account, written with journalistic vigour but also with a solid command of the facts' Sunday Telegraph