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One of the most courageous journalists of our time, Kemal Kurspahic tells a riveting tale of how media malfeasance stirred up the ethnic hatreds that led to the bloody Balkan wars of the 1990s. Drawing on extensive interviews with journalists in the region, the author recounts how—after serving Yugoslavia’s communist party for decades—key Balkan media readily shifted loyalties to nationalist ideologues, doing their warmongering for them.
One of the most courageous journalists of our time, Kemal Kurspahic tells a riveting tale of how media malfeasance stirred up the ethnic hatreds that led to the bloody Balkan wars of the 1990s. Drawing on extensive interviews with journalists in the region, the author recounts how—after serving Yugoslavia’s communist party for decades—key Balkan media readily shifted loyalties to nationalist ideologues, doing their warmongering for them.
But Prime Time Crime is also the story of independent journalists who risked their livelihoods and their lives in an effort to tell a more balanced story. And it is a disquieting account of how the international community post-Dayton undermined the goal of creating a civil society in Bosnia by leaving the nationalists in control of the media.
In a final section, the author offers recommendations for the international community in the Balkans and comprehensive lessons for media intervention in other countries undergoing transitions to democracy.
About the Author
Kemal Kurspahic was editor-in-chief of the Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje in 1988–94. He was named the World Press Review’s International Editor of the Year in 1993 and the International Press Institute’s World Press Freedom Hero in 2000.The author of three previous books, he currently is a spokesman for the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention Office in Vienna.
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BOZO NOVAK WAS ONLY 20 when World War II ended in the former Yugoslavia in May 1945. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
antibureaucratic revolution, nationalist media, ruling nationalist parties, international sponsors, media intervention, international mediators, best journalists, independent media, media scene, professional journalism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Republika Srpska, Yugoslav Army, World War, New York, Slobodna Dalmac, The Hague, Bosnian Serb, City Committee, Bosnia Herzegovina, Feral Tribune, Goran Milic, Radovan Karadzic, Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnian Army, Central Committee, Bosnian Croats, Bosnian Muslims, Central Bosnia, Communist Party, Eighth Session, Glas Slavon, Slobodan Milosevic, Belgrade University, Eastern Europe, Miljenko Jergovic New!
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BOZO NOVAK WAS ONLY 20 when World War II ended in the former Yugoslavia in May 1945. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
antibureaucratic revolution, nationalist media, ruling nationalist parties, international sponsors, media intervention, international mediators, best journalists, independent media, media scene, professional journalism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Republika Srpska, Yugoslav Army, World War, New York, Slobodna Dalmac, The Hague, Bosnian Serb, City Committee, Bosnia Herzegovina, Feral Tribune, Goran Milic, Radovan Karadzic, Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnian Army, Central Committee, Bosnian Croats, Bosnian Muslims, Central Bosnia, Communist Party, Eighth Session, Glas Slavon, Slobodan Milosevic, Belgrade University, Eastern Europe, Miljenko Jergovic New!
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- As Long As Sarajevo Exists by Kurspahi in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Culture of Lies: Antipolitical Essays (Post-Communist Cultural Studies) by Dubravka Ugresic in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Endgame: The Betrayal And Fall Of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II by David Rohde in Back Matter
- Human Rights by Ellen Frankel Paul in Back Matter
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- Bosnian Security after Dayton: New Perspectives (Contemporary Security Studies) by Michael Innes on page 152, and Back Matter
- Why We Hate by Jack Levin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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