A Witness to Genocide
The 1993 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Dispatches on the "Ethnic Cleansing" of Bosnia
by Roy Gutman
ISBN: 0020329954
ISBN-13: 9780020329954
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 1993
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.65 pounds
Pages: 180
Publisher's Notes
A compilation of 1993 Pulitizer Prize-winning reports from the front lines of Bosnia, by a foreign correspondent for Newsday, provides firsthand evidence of the genocide perpetrated against Bosnia's Muslim population. Original.
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A Witness to Genocide
Gutman, Roy
NY: Lisa Drew/Macmillan, 1993. (1st edition). Trade Paperback. NEAR FINE. No flaws but ex-library with usual markings. "The 1993 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Dispatches on the 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Bosnia." ISBN: 0020329954. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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