New Release Tells Compelling Story of Bosnian Refugees in Germany; Dog Ear Publishing Releases Book by William S. Walker
More than two million people were forced from their homes by the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, the most violent chapter in the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Germany provided sanctuary for nearly 350,000 Bosnians. German and Bosnian Voices in a Time of Crisis tells the story of what happened to them during the war years and afterwards. The author, a journalist who has reported from the Balkan region for two decades, interviewed hundreds of people to tell this story.
Mullins, SC, December 22, 2010 --(PR.com)-- More than two million people were forced from their homes by the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia, the most violent chapter in the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Germany provided sanctuary for nearly 350,000 Bosnians fleeing the fighting and German and Bosnian Voices in a Time of Crisis tells the story of what happened to these refugees during the war years and afterwards. The author, a journalist who lived in Germany for more than 30 years and has reported from the Balkan region for two decades, interviewed hundreds of refugees, humanitarian aid workers, politicians and ordinary Germans in reconstructing the story of the Bosnians in Germany. He notes the refugees found peace, freedom from persecution, abundant good will and financial support from the overwhelming majority of Germans. But almost as soon as the Dayton Agreements ending the war were formally signed in December 1995, the refugees were threatened with deportation as German politicians, some crassly attempting to profit politically from the refugee issue, demanded that the Bosnians leave. Walker concludes that “Germans learned during this time there were few politicians who spoke for Germany as a nation. But there were many who promoted narrow political interests while ignoring what was best for the country as one of the great nations of the coming century.”
Walker wrote the book as his doctoral dissertation in East European History at Heidelberg University where he earned a Ph.D. with honors in 2009. He notes that the initial inspiration to write the book came from the many afternoons spent listening to refugees in Germany as they futilely sought to understand the war and the devastation it brought to Bosnia. “The experience of being a refugee and the hardship and loss of that time period proved the single greatest emotional experience for many of those individuals,” Walker writes. The book resonates with the emotions of the refugees struggling to make new lives for themselves and their families.
One of the Heidelberg University dissertation evaluators noted: “German and Bosnian Voices in a Time of Crisis is an eloquently written, groundbreaking document. This work brings us closer to an understanding of the basic problem of German history in the 1990s. Above all it puts our focus on the victims of the history.”
Walker wrote from more than 50 countries during nearly 30 years as a reporter and editor for the newspaper Stars and Stripes. He covered the NATO peace mission in Bosnia and visited all parts of the former Yugoslavia to write about the aftermath of the war. He retired in 2001 as the newspaper’s worldwide Executive Editor.
For more information, visit www.InsideBosniaBooks.com
German and Bosnian Voices in a Time of Crisis: Bosnian Refugees in Germany 1992-2002
William S. Walker
Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 978-160844-660-5 244 pages $10.99 US
Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and fine bookstores everywhere. Also available directly from DogEarPublishing at www.InsideBosniaBooks.com
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Walker wrote the book as his doctoral dissertation in East European History at Heidelberg University where he earned a Ph.D. with honors in 2009. He notes that the initial inspiration to write the book came from the many afternoons spent listening to refugees in Germany as they futilely sought to understand the war and the devastation it brought to Bosnia. “The experience of being a refugee and the hardship and loss of that time period proved the single greatest emotional experience for many of those individuals,” Walker writes. The book resonates with the emotions of the refugees struggling to make new lives for themselves and their families.
One of the Heidelberg University dissertation evaluators noted: “German and Bosnian Voices in a Time of Crisis is an eloquently written, groundbreaking document. This work brings us closer to an understanding of the basic problem of German history in the 1990s. Above all it puts our focus on the victims of the history.”
Walker wrote from more than 50 countries during nearly 30 years as a reporter and editor for the newspaper Stars and Stripes. He covered the NATO peace mission in Bosnia and visited all parts of the former Yugoslavia to write about the aftermath of the war. He retired in 2001 as the newspaper’s worldwide Executive Editor.
For more information, visit www.InsideBosniaBooks.com
German and Bosnian Voices in a Time of Crisis: Bosnian Refugees in Germany 1992-2002
William S. Walker
Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 978-160844-660-5 244 pages $10.99 US
Available at Ingram, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and fine bookstores everywhere. Also available directly from DogEarPublishing at www.InsideBosniaBooks.com
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