Now updated and in paperback, the gripping story of howand against what oddsthe perpetrators of Balkan genocide were subjected to the most successful manhunt in history.
Written with a thrilling narrative pull, The Butcher's Trail chronicles the pursuit and capture of the Balkan war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Borger recounts how Ratko Mladićnow on trial in The Hagueand recently convicted Radovan Karadić were finally tracked down, and describes the intrigue behind the arrest of Slobodan Milošević, the Yugoslav president who became the first head of state to stand before an international tribunal for crimes perpetrated in a time of war. Based on interviews with former special forces soldiers, intelligence officials, and investigators from a dozen countriesmost speaking about their involvement for the first timethis book reconstructs a fourteen-year manhunt carried out almost entirely in secret.
Indicting the worst war criminals that Europe had known since the Nazi era, the ICTY ultimately accounted for all 161 suspects on its wanted list, a feat never before achieved in political and military history.
Now updated and in paperback, the gripping story of howand against what oddsthe perpetrators of Balkan genocide were subjected to the most successful manhunt in history.
Written with a thrilling narrative pull, The Butcher's Trail chronicles the pursuit and capture of the Balkan war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Borger recounts how Ratko Mladićnow on trial in The Hagueand recently convicted Radovan Karadić were finally tracked down, and describes the intrigue behind the arrest of Slobodan Milošević, the Yugoslav president who became the first head of state to stand before an international tribunal for crimes perpetrated in a time of war. Based on interviews with former special forces soldiers, intelligence officials, and investigators from a dozen countriesmost speaking about their involvement for the first timethis book reconstructs a fourteen-year manhunt carried out almost entirely in secret.
Indicting the worst war criminals that Europe had known since the Nazi era, the ICTY ultimately accounted for all 161 suspects on its wanted list, a feat never before achieved in political and military history.
The Butcher's Trail: How the Search for Balkan War Criminals Became the World's Most Successful Manhunt
432The Butcher's Trail: How the Search for Balkan War Criminals Became the World's Most Successful Manhunt
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ISBN-13: | 9781590518984 |
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Publisher: | Other Press, LLC |
Publication date: | 09/19/2017 |
Pages: | 432 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.20(d) |