MADNESS VISIBLE

AsaseniorforeigncorrespondentforTheTimesofLondon,JaninediGiovanniwasafirsthandwitnesstothebrutalandprotractedbreak-upofYugoslavia.Withunflinchingsensitivity,MadnessVisiblefollowsthearcofthewarsintheBalkansthroughtheexperienceofthosecaughtupinthem:soldiersnumbedbytheatrocitiestheycommit,womendriventodespairbytheirlifeinparamilitaryrapecamps,civilians(diGiovanniamongthem)caughtinbombingraidsofuncertainorigin,babiesmurderedinhate-inducedrage.DiGiovanni’ssearingmemoirexaminestheturmoiloftheBalkansinacutedetail,anduncoversthemotivesoftheleaderswhocreatedhellonearth;itraiseschallengingquestionsaboutethnicconflictandtheresponsibilitiesofforeigngovernmentsintimesofmassmurder.Perceptiveandcompelling,thisuniqueworkofreportagefromthephysicalandpsychologicalfrontlinesmakesthemadnessofwarwhollyvisible.