Milosevic

The People's Tyrant

Vidosav Stevanovic, Zlata Filipovic

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Serbian

I B TAURIS
23 July 2004

Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; European history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Nationalism

Stevanovic, however, has witnessed the greater tragedy: his country's suicide. Part of an ever-diminishing circle of intellectuals who watched as the Milosevic machine destroyed the young nation, trampling over its people and its principles, his is a shattering cri-de-coeur for the victims. It is the bitter personal lament of one man, exiled - as so many of his compatriots - from homeland and history by the Milosevic lie. Milosevic: A People's Tyrant asks how a fractured country and a shattered society could believe in such a man, and raise him to such power. In this raging anatomy of wrong-doing, all are guilty - those who believed, those who followed, those who stood and watched, those who could or would not stop the tragedy from playing out. Vidosav Stevanovic is a Serb himself, and his searing portrait of the Milosevic psychology is a unique testament from within - the biography of a dictator, but also of those who made him. No book will come closer to the man who made Europe shudder, and toppled the Balkans into an inferno out of which it will take years to climb.

By: Vidosav Stevanovic
Translated by: Zlata Filipovic
Imprint: I B TAURIS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 562g
ISBN: 9781860648427
ISBN 10: 1860648428
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 23 July 2004
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vidosav Stevanovic ran the two biggest publishing houses in the Balkans before fleeing to exile in Paris where he now lives. He has written more than ten novels and won the Nin prize - Serbia's most prestigious literary award. Zlata Filipovic is the author of Zlata's Diary, her account of life in Sarajevo during the war. Written when she 12, it was an international bestseller, and has been translated into over 30 languages. She now lives in Dublin.

Reviews for Milosevic: The People's Tyrant

"""Stevanovic has elegantly and mercilessly exposed the currents within Serbian society that made the Milosevic phenomenon possible."" -The Sunday Times 'Much the best book about that sinister and mysterious figure that I have read: done with passion and a novelist's talent. It provides a mordant and brilliant analysis of vacillating Western attitudes, as well as a fascinating inside account of Serbian attempts to oppose him.' - Neal Ascherson, journalist and author of The Black Sea. The South Slav Journal, Vol. 25 No. 3-4 (97098) Autumn-Winter 2004: 'This is a convincing and valuable book on this subject, which will destroy many conventional idee recu, and will also be a valuable guide to the Yugoslav crisis for the uninitiated.'"