Full Description
From 1991 to 1999, Slobodan Milosevic launched and ultimately lost four Balkan wars, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands and the displacement of millions. He saw himself as a modern day Abraham Lincoln, employing force in a valiant effort to hold his crumbling Yugoslavia together. But his tactics included systematic war crimes and ethnic cleansing, ultimately prompting the US and its NATO allies to launch a controversial military intervention in the spring of 1999 to halt the bloodshed. Written while Milosevic sat in a tiny jail cell in The Hague, awaiting the start of his trial before the UN-created International War Crimes Tribunal, this book is designed for anyone who wants to know more about the historic, unprecedented and complex trial of the first former head of state ever to face international justice.
Contents
Introduction - The Crimes Charged - The Defendant - The Road to The Hague - Persona Dramatis - The History of War Crimes Trials - Real Justice or Realpolitik? - The Rules of the Road - The Prosecution's Case - The Defense's Case - Possible Verdicts and Sentences - Conclusion: Implications for the Future - Glossary of Key Legal Terms - Bibliography - Index
