The Conceit of Innocence: Losing the Conscience of the West in the War against Bosnia (Eugenia & Hugh M. Stewart '26 Series on Eastern Europe) [Hardcover]

Stjepan G. Mestrovic (Editor)

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Stjepan G. Meštrovic is professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. He holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University, Master's degrees in theological studies and education from Harvard University, and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Harvard. He has published books on Emile Durkheim, the coming fin de siecle, and sociopolitical culture in Eastern Europe. Research for this book included three trips to Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1990-93.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: TAMU Press; 1st edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890967709
• ISBN-13: 978-0890967706
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,285,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellently exposes the pretence of post-Cold War morality, November 18, 1999

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This review is from: The Conceit of Innocence: Losing the Conscience of the West in the War against Bosnia (Eugenia & Hugh M. Stewart '26 Series on Eastern Europe) (Hardcover)

The book is an excellent examination of the philosophical and psycho-social issues that the West now has to grapple with due to its (im)moral mishandling of the Bosnian crisis. Far from being a diatribe which serves the propaganda interests of any side, the authors explore the multiple implications that have arisen due to the loss of Western morality (or perhaps, the sham that was the West's previous pretence to morality) from various angles, and discuss not only what this means for the Bosnian themselves, but also its importance for today's Western societies.

2 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Croatian Propaganda, October 9, 1998

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This review is from: The Conceit of Innocence: Losing the Conscience of the West in the War against Bosnia (Eugenia & Hugh M. Stewart '26 Series on Eastern Europe) (Hardcover)

Mr. Mestrovic, an ethnic croat, writes a bogus, completely biased account ofthe civil war in Bosnia. He gets plenty of assistence to bash Serbs from a Muslim co-author. He rehashs the tired Zagreb-Sarajevo party line of a "land grab" by the serbs and completely ignores the fact that Serbs made up a full 33% of Bosnia before the war. He of course, completely ignores war crimes commnitted by Croats and Muslims against Serb civilians. Also, Mestrovic ignores the role of Croatia in fomenting war amongst the croats and Muslims. A good read for any student of propaganda. A poor work if one is searching for facts.