The book described some of the events which shaped wartime Bosnia. It focuses primarily on wartime Sarajevo in 1993 and what happened within the Bosnian government and army. The book talks specifically about Operations "Trebević" I, II and III. Semir was in the Bosnian war in 1992–93 and he details the battle for the mountain Igman, the killing of Caco, the capture of Ćelo, the Fall of Srebrenica and Žepa, and the capture of Naser Orić.