A high-ranking Mafioso, whose testimony helped the federal government convict elusive mob boss John Gotti, tells the strange details of his life to Peter Maas.

Peter Maass reports from the land that was Yugoslavia. His vivid descriptions of a place destroyed by war are highlighted by encounters with people on all sides who have been transformed into combatants. Maass grapples not just with the reality of Bosnia but with the question of why people make wars.