In harm's way : Bosnia - a war reporter's story

Martin Bell's was BBC TV's principal correspondent during the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995. The original version of this passionate and personal account of the conflict was written while the war was still going on, some of it late at night in the Holiday Inn in Sarajevo. In Harm's Way is not only about the progress of the war; it is about its origins, how it began and how it could have been avoided; it is about the human costs of war in which all the peoples of Bosnia became the victims; it is about a massive failure by the United Nations, beginning with an inadequate peace-keeping mandate and ending with the Srebrenica massacre; and it is about the practices of war reporting itself. And it is about the journalists in the thick of it, the oddballs and the idealists, the wild adventurers and hardened professionals who were caught up in this war and tried to make some sense of it. In the introduction to this new edition, marking the twentieth anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities, Martin Bell reflects on the impact of what he calls the most consequential war of our time. Martin Bell was BBC TV’s principal correspondent during the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995. The original version of this passionate and personal account of the conflict was written while the war was still going on, some of it late at night in the Holiday Inn in Sarajevo. In Harm’s Way is not only about the progress of the war; it is about its origins, how it began and how it could have been avoided; it is about the human costs of war in which all the peoples of Bosnia became the victims; it is about a massive failure by the United Nations, beginning with an inadequate peace-keeping mandate and ending with the Srebrenica massacre; and it is about the practices of war reporting itself. And it is about the journalists in the thick of it, the oddballs and the idealists, the wild adventurers and hardened professionals who were caught up in this war and tried to make some sense of it. In the introduction to this new edition, marking the twentieth anniversary of the outbreak of hostilities, Martin Bell reflects on the impact of what he calls the most consequential war of our time. journalism,Bosnia war reporting,Srebrenica massacre,United Nations First published in September 1995, In Harm's Way established itself rapidly as a classic of war reporting. Martin Bell's was BBC TV's principal correspondent during the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995. The original version of this passionate and personal account of the conflict was written while the war was still going on, some of it late at night in the Holiday Inn in Sarajevo. In Harm's Way is not only about the progress of the war; it is about its origins, how it began and how it could have been avoided; it is about the human costs of war in which all the peoples of Bosnia became the vict Twenty years ago when the war in Bosnia first broke out, Martin Bellw as BBC TV's principal correspondent - and was there until 1995. It was a conflict in which he was ... wounded. This is a book not only about the realities of the war, but about its origins and how it could have been avoided; about the human costs of a war in which all Bosnia's peoples became victims; about a massive failure by the UN that ended with the Srebrenica massacre; and about the journalists in the thick of it, the oddballs and the idealists who tried to make some sense of it all. ..."--Back cover In Harm's Way; About the author; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Map of Bosnia Herzegovina; Introduction to the 2012 edition; 1. Marching As To War; 2. Peacekeepers' Accomplices; 3. The Road To War; 4. Homes From Home; 5. Staying Alive; 6. One Day in August; 7. Tuna; 8. Of Serbs and Satellites; 9. Panorama - The Destination of Choice; 10. Forcing the Peace; 11. 'Something Must Be Done'; 12. Colonel Bob; 13. Soldiervision; 14. Court Martial By Blue-Eyed Stare; 15. Of Men and Mandates; 16. Shading the Truth; 17. War is a Bad Taste Business; 18. Arm Your Children 19. Days of Foreboding20. A Day in the Life; 21. Showdown; 22. Darkest Before Dawn; 23. Fainthearts Confounded; Epilogue First published in October 1995, In Harm's Way established itself rapidly as a classic of war reporting.