They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on trial in the Hague
Abacus(March 2004)
www.timewarnerbooks.co.uk
THEY WOULD NEVER HURT A FLY is a collection of lively, controversial and thought-provoking essays about the proceedings at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The book describes the indictment and subsequent trials of various Balkan war criminals, and examines the moral and cultural implications of their crimes and the sense of collective guilt that these crimes generated in the Balkans. What would we do in their place? To what extent is the concept of ‘evil’ a cultural construct? In asking difficult and yet necessary questions about the nature of truth and justice, Drakulic examines issues of guilt and responsibility; of nationality and victimhood; and of humanity in extremis.
"This slim, lucidly written book is a devastating read...One cannot help echo Drakulić's final cry: what was it all for? Nor can one help but cheer and weep at her two-word answer: for nothing." -- Melissa Benn, The Guardian
Foreign rights have been sold to Viking Penguin / USA, and to Denmark, Holland, Italy, Croatia and Germany.
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