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Our Half-Baked Balkan Policy

The Washington Post
March 26, 2001
All too often the American government has, in its handling of Balkan affairs, pursued a policy of “Do as I say and not as I do.”

Last week Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was on the receiving end of this treatment during his visit to Washington. The ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on March 27, 2001November 29, 2020Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

Death and Taxis

The Washington Post
This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria. By Karl Maier
December 24, 2000
By Karl Maier
Public Affairs. 327 pp. $26

Reviewed by Peter Maass

A book that begins with a taxi story usually begins colorfully. Karl Maier opens This House Has Fallen with a wild brawl that broke out when ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on December 25, 2000November 29, 2020Categories Africa, Article, Book Reviews, Washington Post

The Horror

The Washington Post
Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda. By Scott Peterson
August 27, 2000
At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda
By Scott Peterson
Routledge.
357 pp. $26

Reviewed by Peter Maass

Africa is an expression of vastness. It is a matter not just of size but of drama and ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on August 28, 2000November 29, 2020Categories Africa, Article, Book Reviews, Washington Post

NASA’s Lack of Shuttle Diplomacy

The Washington Post
Dragonfly: Nasa and the Crisis Aboard Mir. By Bryan Burrough
December 10, 1998
By Bryan Burrough
HarperCollins. 528 pp. $26.95

Reviewed by Peter Maass

Space flight is in vogue again. The journey of John Glenn has refocused attention on the fascinating spectacle of humans soaring into ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on December 11, 1998November 29, 2020Categories Article, Book Reviews, Washington Post

Love and Fury in the Balkans

The Washington Post
Montenegro. By Starling Lawrence
August 20, 1997
By Starling Lawrence
Farrar Straus Giroux. 306 pp. $23

Reviewed by Peter Maass

There is a passage in Rebecca West’s classic book about the Balkans, “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon,” in which she wrote of being waked in a ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on August 21, 1997November 29, 2020Categories Article, Balkans, Book Reviews, Washington Post

Rwanda, the Sorrow and the Pity

The Washington Post
Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey. By Fergal Keane
August 25, 1996
By Fergal Keane
Viking. 198 pp. $21.95

Reviewed by Peter Maass

HOW DO you explain what war is like? How do you explain the mad violence of drunken soldiers or the spiritual ruins that survivors have been turned into? ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on August 26, 1996November 29, 2020Categories Africa, Article, Book Reviews, Washington Post

Suddenly They Are Killers

The Washington Post
May 12, 1996
His name was Ibrahim. I was interviewing him at a refugee center in Croatia, in a cold room that smelled of stale cigarettes. It was late 1992. Ibrahim had just been released from Omarska, a Serb prison camp where he witnessed the worst of atrocities, ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on May 13, 1996November 29, 2020Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

Will Killers Go Free? War Criminals Shouldn’t Walk

The Washington Post
February 25, 1996
At the start of the interview, my host politely offered me a Dutch cigarillo before lighting one for himself. While a waiter served orange juice and coffee, he made small talk about Los Angeles, my hometown. And when I decided to raise the issue of ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on February 26, 1996November 29, 2020Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

Lesson for a Younger Generation

The Washington Post
April 20, 1994
BUDAPEST–When politicians and generals discuss Bosnia, they often have Vietnam on their minds. Their warnings about quagmires, mission creep and the shortcomings of air strikes relate to Vietnam and the lessons that we should have learned from ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on April 21, 1994November 29, 2020Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

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