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1	The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II more books like this by Gregory A Freeman In 1944, the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen who had been trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time. see all copies from £3.83! new only from £6.17! \| first editions
2	Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War more books like this by Peter Maass Peter Maass reports from the land that was Yugoslavia. His vivid descriptions of a place destroyed by war are highlighted by encounters with people on all sides who have been transformed into combatants. Maass grapples not just with the reality of Bosnia but with the question of why people make wars. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £10.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Secret Sanction more books like this by Brian Haig It was the worst military scandal since My Lai - an elite US army special forces team positioned behind enemy lines had violated standing orders and butchered a patrol of 25 Serbian soldiers in cold blood. There were no survivors, half of them were shot in the back of the head, and their leader had been decapitated. There was no explanation, and ... see all copies from £2.01! new only from £2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Eastern Approaches more books like this by Fitzroy Maclean The classic true adventure story of a man who, by the pen, sword, and diplomatic pouch, influenced some of the most significant events of our era. Fitzroy Maclean recounts his extraordinary adventures in Soviet Central Asia; in the Western Desert, where he specialized in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy lines; and with Tito's partisans ... see all copies from £2.07! new only from £15.35! \| first editions
5	Return with Honor more books like this by Scott O'Grady, Captain On June 2, 1995, U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in the skies over Bosnia. The world now knows that he lived, but how he survived in a hostile land for six agonizing days and nights is revealed here in thrilling detail. Includes an eight-page photo insert. see all copies from £2.73! new only from £5.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia more books like this by Rebecca West, Dame First appearing in two volumes in 1942, this book was written as a result of the author's three journeys to Yugoslavia: one in 1936, another in 1937 and finally, in the summer of 1938. At first, she thought it was folly to consider a book on such a subject and it seems that her publishers thought so too. But the book became a historical, ... see all copies from £7.28! new only from £14.53! \| first editions
7	The new class; an analysis of the communist system more books like this by Milovan Djilas "The New Class" created a sensation was published in the United States in 1957, because it was the first time that a ranking Communist had publicly analyzed his disillusionment with the system. Djilas, a former associate of Tito's who had traveled from the lowest to the highest rung of the hierarchical ladder and who was imprisoned for his views, ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £9.73! \| first editions
8	Basher Five-Two: The True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady more books like this by Scott O'Grady, Captain, Michael French A biography of Scott O'Grady, the U.S. Air Force captain who was shot down over Bosnia and managed to live through the crash that caused his plane to explode and to survive on his own in enemy territory. see all copies from £5.45! new only from £5.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Origins of a Catastrophe: Yugoslavia and Its Destroyers- -America's Last Ambassador Tells What Happened an D Why more books like this by Warren Zimmermann Warren Zimmerman, the U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1989-1992, offers his account of what went wrong in that war-torn country. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £17.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia more books like this by Michael Parenti For seventy-eight days in 1999, US and NATO forces launched round-the-clock aerial attacks against Yugoslavia, dropping 20,000 tonnes of bombs and killing upwards of three thousand people in the name of humanitarianism. The author, Michael Parenti, draws on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia ... see all copies from £7.03! new only from £7.03! \| first editions
11 view cover	To End a War more books like this by Richard Holbrooke The untold inside story of the negotiations that brought the Bosnian war to an end. Richard Holbrooke, former assistant secretary of state and architect of the Dayton accords, provides a comprehensive history of one of the most intricate diplomatic negotiations of our time. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria more books like this by Marina Polvay For novices and gourmets, this unique cookbook offers a tempting variety of Central European dishes from the shores of the Danube River, bringing Old World flavour to today's dishes. Including such favourites as: Black Forest Pork Roast; Housekove Knedliky (Bread Dumplings); Hungarian Goulash; Spinach Zagora Style (from Bulgaria); and Mititei ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £10.24!
13 view cover	Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West more books like this by David Rieff In a shocking and deeply disturbing tour de force, David Rieff, reporting from the Bosnia war zone and from Western capitals and United Nations headquarters, indicts the West and the United Nations for standing by and doing nothing to stop the genocide of the Bosnian Muslims. "Slaughterhouse" is the definitive explanation of a war that will be ... see all copies from £4.45! new only from £7.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Heart of Danger more books like this by Gerald Seymour In a wrecked Croat village, a mass grave is uncovered and the mutilated body of a young English woman is exhumed. Dorrie's mother becomes obsessed with the need to find out about her death and turns to Bill Penn, a private investigator. His search becomes an epic journey into a merciless war where the odds are stacked high against him. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Monica: My Journey from Fear to Victory (2 Casseettes) more books like this by Monica Seles A combination of talent and tenacity carried her into professional tennis at age 15 and to number one in the world two years later. She never looked back until personal tragedy struck--a deranged Steffi Graf fan stabbed Seles. With complete candor, Seles reveals all that she endured in her two years out of the public eye, plus gives an insider's ... see all copies from £2.02! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
16	Hidden Rainbow more books like this by Christmas Carol Kauffman see all copies from £5.46! first editions
17 view cover	The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia more books like this by Mr. Tim Judah Wh are the Serbs? Branded by some as Europe's new Nazis, they are seen by others - and by themselves - as the innocent victims of nationalist aggression and of an implacably hostile world media. In this book, Tim Judah, who covered the war years in former Yugoslavia for "The Times" and "The Economist" argues that neither version is true. Exploring ... see all copies from £3.27! new only from £8.52! \| first editions
18 view cover	With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia more books like this by Asne Seierstad, Sindre Kartvedt (Translator) From beloved international reporter Asne Seierstad comes a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic-during the dramatic events leading up to his fall, and finally in the troubled years that have followed. Seierstad traveled extensively through Serbia between 1999 and 2004, following the lives of ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Ministry of Pain more books like this by Dubravka Ugresic, Michael Henry Heim (Translator) "The Ministry of Pain" tells the story of Tanja Lucic, an exile from Yugoslavia and a lecturer in Serbo-Croatian literature at the University of Amsterdam. Her class is filled with other Yugoslav exiles, not much younger than she, who have found temporary refuge in the Department of Slavonic Languages. Rather than teach literature, Tanja prods the ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £6.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Montenegro more books like this by Starling Lawrence On the verge of World War I, an English traveler who hopes for the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire turns up in Montenegro. There he encounters a Serbian patriarch, becomes involved with his family, and finds himself faced with a choice between love and duty. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Wartime more books like this by Milovan Djilas An account of the partisan campaign in Yugoslavia during World War II, written from the author's unique perspective-as a key leader of Tito's forces. Index; photographs. Translated by Michael B. Petrovich. see all copies from £5.97! new only from £15.56! \| first editions
22 view cover	Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia more books like this by Professor Michael A Sells The recent atrocities in Bosnia-Herzegovina have stunned people throughout the world. With Holocaust memories still painfully vivid, a question haunts us: how is this savagery possible? Michael A. Sells answers by demonstrating that the Bosnian conflict is not simply a civil war or a feud of age-old adversaries. It is, he says, a systematic ... see all copies from £5.71! new only from £12.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Kosovo: A Short History more books like this by Noel Malcolm The situation in Kosovo is different to that of the rest of Yugoslavia. Trapped between Albania and Serbia, the tensions between these two are, it seems, "ethnic", as two groups with different languages, cultures and religions vie for political autonomy. By the early-1980s Kosovo had reached a state of permanent crisis and military occupation, and ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.07! \| first editions
24 view cover	Monkey House more books like this by John Fullerton Rosso is a detective superintendant in a city under siege. He has learnt to take each day as it comes, with violence and death around every corner. But now he is confronted with death from a different quarter: the brutal murder of a woman in a bombed-out block of flats known as "The Monkey House". see all copies from £1.36! new only from £2.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Sarajevo Daily: A City and Its Newspaper Under Siege more books like this by Tom Gjelten The definitive account of the war in Bosnia, this book, written by an award-winning reporter for NPR, illuminates the issues at the heart of that conflict and captures the tragedy of Sarajevo through the story of the city's daily newspaper. Includes three pages of maps and 15 photos. see all copies from £6.00! new only from £6.18! \| signed copies \| first editions

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