Hunt Swanee Hunt

This Was Not Our War (eBook, PDF)

Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace

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Produktbeschreibung

"e;Replacing tyranny with justice, healing deep scars, exchanging hatred for hope . . . the women in This Was Not Our War teach us how."e;-William Jefferson ClintonThis Was Not Our War shares amazing first-person accounts of twenty-six Bosnian women who are reconstructing their society following years of devastating warfare. A university student working to resettle refugees, a paramedic who founded a veterans' aid group, a fashion designer running two nonprofit organizations, a government minister and professor who survived Auschwitz-these women are advocates, politicians, farmers, journalists, students, doctors, businesswomen, engineers, wives, and mothers. They are from all parts of Bosnia and represent the full range of ethnic traditions and mixed heritages. Their ages spread across sixty years, and their wealth ranges from expensive jewels to a few chickens. For all their differences, they have this much in common: all survived the war with enough emotional strength to work toward rebuilding their country. Swanee Hunt met these women through her diplomatic and humanitarian work in the 1990s. Over the course of seven years, she conducted multiple interviews with each one. In presenting those interviews here, Hunt provides a narrative framework that connects the women's stories, allowing them to speak to one another.The women describe what it was like living in a vibrant multicultural community that suddenly imploded in an onslaught of violence. They relate the chaos; the atrocities, including the rapes of many neighbors and friends; the hurried decisions whether to stay or flee; the extraordinary efforts to care for children and elderly parents and to find food and clean drinking water. Reflecting on the causes of the war, they vehemently reject the idea that age-old ethnic hatreds made the war inevitable. The women share their reactions to the Dayton Accords, the end of hostilities, and international relief efforts. While they are candid about the difficulties they face, they are committed to rebuilding Bosnia based on ideals of truth, justice, and a common humanity encompassing those of all faiths and ethnicities. Their wisdom is instructive, their courage and fortitude inspirational.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822386063
• Artikelnr.: 54922392

Autorenporträt

Swanee Hunt

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations ix
Foreword / William Jefferson Clinton xi
Preface xv
Context
The Balkans xxviii
Key Players xxxiii
Introduction 1
I. Madness 7
1. Hell Breaks Loose 15
2. Love in the Crucible 59
3. Reasons for the War 73
4. The Lie of Intractable Hatred 95
II. To Heal History 115
5. Challenges 119
6. Women Transforming 137
7. The Road to Reconciliation 169
Epilogue: The Courage to Hope 191
Profiles 197
Closing Thoughts 251
Acknowledgments 259
Notes 263
Bibliography 291
Index 297