The butcher's trail
Subtitle: how the search for Balkan war criminals became the world's most successful manhunt
By: Julian Borger
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781590516058; 9781590516065
Subjects: International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991; Fugitives from justice; War crimes investigation; History; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995; Atrocities; Biography; War criminals
Description: "The gripping, untold story of The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and how the perpetrators of Balkan war crimes were captured by the most successful manhunt in history. Written with a thrilling narrative pull, The Butcher's Trail chronicles the pursuit and capture of the Balkan war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Borger recounts how Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić--both now on trial in The Hague--were finally tracked down, and describes the intrigue behind the arrest of Slobodan Milošević, the Yugoslav president who became the first head of state to stand before an international tribunal for crimes perpetrated in a time of war. Based on interviews with former special forces soldiers, intelligence officials, and investigators from a dozen countries--most speaking about their involvement for the first time--this book reconstructs a fourteen-year manhunt carried out almost entirely in secret. Indicting the worst war criminals that Europe had known since the Nazi era, the ICTY ultimately accounted for all 161 suspects on its wanted list, a feat never before achieved in political and military history"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's Note; title: Introduction; title: 1. Operation Amber Star; title: 2. Operation Little Flower; title: 3. A High Expectation of Violence: The SAS in Bosnia; title: 4. Manhunting the Pentagon Way; title: 5. The Hunt in Croatia; title: 6. Gorillas and Spikes; title: 7. The Tracking Team; title: 8. The Strange Death of Dragan Gagovic; title: 9. The Spymaster of the Hotel de Brienne; title: 10. Slobodavia: The Fall of Milosevic and the Unraveling of Serbia; title: 11. Radovan Karadzic: The Shaman in the Madhouse; title: 12. The Old Man in the Farmhouse: Mladic on the Run; title: 13. The Legacy; title: Acknowledgments; title: Chronology; title: Abbreviations; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index .; title: Author's Note; title: Operation Amber Star; title: Operation Little Flower; title: A High Expectation of Violence : the SAS in Bosnia; title: Manhunting the Pentagon Way; title: The Hunt in Croatia; title: Gorillas and Spikes; title: The Tracking Team; title: The Strange Death of Dragan Gagović; title: The Spymaster of the Hotel de Brienne; title: Slobodavia : The Fall of Milošević and the Unraveling of Serbia; title: Radovan Karadžić, the Shaman in the Mad House; title: The Old Man in the Farmhouse : Mladić on the Run; title: The Legacy; title: Chronology.