Tell It to the World: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo

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Review ------ "Tell It to the World reads partly like a mystery novel and partly like a courtroom drama, while still providing a plea from the heart to reconsider how ideas of "justice" and "injustice" have been used to enflame hatreds and political violence from the former Yugoslavia to Rwanda. A powerful and important book." (Hilary Weston Writer's Trust Prize, 2015 - Jury Citation) "Tell It to the World is a haunting and poignant and remarkable book. To read it is to gain some greater understanding of humanity." (Blacklocks Reporter) "A profound meditation on the implications of justice." (Winnipeg Free Press) Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) From the Back Cover ------------------- On April 5, 1999, local in Serbia found a truck floating half-submerged in the Danube River. When they pulled it to shore and opened the cargo hold, they found it filled with human bodies. Following orders, they hid the truck and its contents. Two weeks later, on the other side of Serbia, another truck containing bodies surfaced. Once again, it was made to disappear. The full picture would only emerge years later, when the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia investigated and then prosecuted the chief architects of the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo. These cases, which formally came to a close in 2014, exposed a secret campaign to hide these terrible crimes by transporting and concealing the bodies of the dead. In Tell It to the World, Eliott Behar, a former war crimes prosecutor, tells the true story of what unfolded through the words and experiences of the eyewitnesses, victims, and perpetrators who testified in The Hague. With an incisive look at the nature and operation of international criminal justice, Behar examines the causes and consequences of mass violence, identifying a powerful and disturbing connection between the justice we seek and the injustices we commit. Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) About the Author ---------------- Eliott Behar is a former war crimes prosecutor and Crown Attorney who writes about justice, psychology and human rights. His first book, Tell It To The World, was shortlisted for the Weston Writer's Trust prize in 2015. Read more ( javascript:void(0) )