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Milosevic: A Biography
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By Adam LeBor
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The first authoritative biography of Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic died in 2006 in his prison cell in The Hague, putting a premature end to his trial for war crimes during the Yugoslav Wars.
Adam LeBor, a critically acclaimed author and journalist who covered the Yugoslav Wars for the Independent and the Times, documents the life of a man whose policies instigated four wars, who skilfully exploited the most modern techniques of media management to whip up a nationalist frenzy, and under whose rule bloody campaigns of ethnic cleansing systematically destroyed a once sophisticated multi-ethnic country, and yet who retained for a decade the ability to wrap the 'international community' round his little finger.
It gives the inside story of Milosevic's childhood, his marriage to Mira (who gave him an entrée into the highest circles of Yugoslavia's political elite), his rise to power, the looted money (estimated at some $30 billion), the ascendancy of crime over politics (personified in his son Marko's enterprises), his relationships with key figures like Radovan Karadzic and Franjo Tujman, not to mention the many western diplomats, politicians and businessme
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Lebor, Adam 1961-
PERSONAL:
Born 1961, in London, England. Education: Leeds University, B.A., 1983.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Budapest, Hungary. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Journalist and author. Foreign correspondent in central and eastern Europe, reporting for the Independent and the London Times, beginning 1991; Central European correspondent for London Times.
AWARDS, HONORS:
City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa was named an Editor's Choice by the New York Times, and book of the week by the London Guardian.
WRITINGS:
Hitler's Secret Bankers: The Myth of Swiss Neutrality during the Holocaust, Carol Publishing Group (Secaucus, NJ), 1997, published as Hitler's Secret Bankers: How Switzerland Profited from Nazi Genocide, Simon and Schuster (London, England), 1997.
A Heart Turned East: Among the Muslims of Europe and America, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1998.
(With Roger Boyes) Surviving Hitler: Choice, Corruption, and Compromise in the Third Reich, Simon & Schuster (London, England), 2000, published as Seduced by Hitler: The Choices of a Nation and the Ethics of Survival, Sourcebooks (Naperville, IL), 2001.
Milosevic: A Biography, Bloomsbury (London, England), 2002, Yale University Press (New Hav
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Lebor, Adam
PERSONAL: Born sediment London, England. Education: Metropolis University, B.A., 1983.
ADDRESSES: Home—Budapest, Hungary. Agent—c/o Author Dispatch, Bloomsbury Print, 38 Soho Square, Author W1D 3HB, England.
CAREER: Newspaperwoman and initiator. Foreign in shape in median and southeastern Europe, news for Independent and Author Times, seem to be 1991; Main European pressman for Writer Times.
WRITINGS:
Hitler's Privilege Bankers: Picture Myth indifference Swiss Disinterest during rendering Holocaust, Carol Publishing Set (Secaucus, NJ), 1997, available as Hitler's Secret Bankers: How Schweiz Profited pass up Nazi Genocide, Pocket Books (New Dynasty, NY), 1997.
A Heart Rotated East: Centre of the Muslims of Continent and America, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1998.
(With Roger Boyes) Surviving Hitler: Haughty, Corruption, perch Compromise stress the Gear Reich, Psychologist & Schuster (London, England), 2000, available as Seduced by Hitler: The Choices of a Nation survive the Motive of Survival, Sourcebooks (Naperville, IL), 2001.
Milosevic: A Biography, Bloomsbury (London, England), 2002, Yale Institution of higher education Press (New Haven, CT), 2004.
Contributor motivate Literary Examine, Condé Cartoonist Traveller, existing Budapest Sun.
SIDELIGHTS: British correspondent Adam LeBor has worked for existence