The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina: History and Politics

by Dušan T. Bataković

To the western public, Bosnia and Herzegovina has become both symbol and reality of the wanton brutality connected with inter-ethnic and religious warfare. In the belief that all history, no matter how painful its outcome in our own times, must be written sine ira et studio, that is, that it must be as objective as possible in order to achieve a better understanding of both past and present, Prof. Bataković have undertaken this project of writing a short history of the Bosnian Serbs.

152 pages, softbound

Dušan T. Bataković (23 April 1957 – 27 June 2017) was a Serbian historian and diplomat. His specialty was modern and contemporary Serbian and Balkan history as well as French-Serbian relations. The last post he held was that of Director of the Institute for Balkan Studies at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.