Die Logik des Wahnsinns. Jugoslawien — von Tätern und Opfern
The Logic of Madness: Yugoslavia—About Perpetrators and Victims

Author(s): Thomas Brey
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Keywords: wars in Yugoslavia; madness of war;
Summary/Abstract: How does a people become radicalized? How can such an incredible frenzy of destruction ignite right in the heart of Europe? The madness and bloodshed in Yugoslavia have a logical prehistory. Unscrupulous politicians prepared this civil war long in advance. With the aid of a compliant media, hatred was stoked, and the various peoples were pitted against one another. Thomas Brey is one of two German journalists who lived and worked in Yugoslavia longer than anyone else. He has not only exposed the psychological dynamics that led to such unfathomable acts of violence; through concrete examples, he also illuminates the historical and social contexts—factors that alone shed light on the chaotic tangle of circumstances. Why are Serbs and Croats so incapable of dialogue? Where do the Bosnians stand in this civil war? And why do such unimaginable atrocities occur—such as the mass rape of women? Why does the West react with such helplessness? This book—both gripping and deeply informed—sheds light on the background and facts of a drama without end. // Book originally published in 1993 by Herder-Verlag

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