- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (10 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312356064
- ISBN-13: 978-0312356064
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"The Serb whose name chilled the hearts of Croatia and Bosnia during the bloodiest carnage to blight Europe since The Third Reich." THE GUARDIAN"
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Arkan's life story is a hard-boiled crime tale with the speed and scenery of an action movie, and a protagonist who is equal parts James Bond, James Dean, Billy the Kid, and Al Capone.Mass murderer and folk hero Zeljko Raznatovic, better known as Arkan, was one of the key figures in Yugoslavia's chaotic descent into madness in the 1990's. Indicted by The Hague for his war crimes and assassinated theatrically before he could stand trial, Arkan was a hugely terrifying villain who led a cinematic life at a time when Eastern Europe shared more with the Chicago of the 1930s, and when crime was a matter of course.This is not just another Balkans book; it is not a catalogue of frontline accounts, but a behind-the-scenes look at one man who became a symbol of an intensely combustible and illicit age, and at a profound historical moment.
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One of the best books I have read in recent times! Well researched and well written. A story that is far stronger than fiction:
A gripping investigation into the extraordinary career of Serbia's legendary warlord.
Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic began his life as a petty criminal, a juvenile delinquent adrift in the floundering state of Yugoslavia. He would eventually become famous throughout Western Europe: as the "smiling bank robber"; as a Houdini-like fugitive from multiple prisons; and even as a state-sponsored assassin. Stories of motorboat robberies and daylight bank heists would follow him from country to country. Yet however impressive his criminal reputation seemed at first, it was only the beginning of his path to infamy.
Following Yugoslavia's chaotic descent into madness in the 1990s, Arkan would become not only a gangster but one of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's most valued henchmen in the country's civil war. He rallied Belgrade's notoriously violent soccer hooligans, paired them with inmates from Serbia's prisons, among other brutal street thugs, and trained them to become his ruthless foot soldiers, known as the "Tigers." During the war, the men rampaged through Croatia and Bosnia---killing, raping, burning, and looting. As they earned a reputation as Serbia's most feared death squad (accused of genocide by The Hague tribunal), Arkan became one of the region's wealthiest men. A national hero, he married the country's greatest pop star---the so-called "Madonna of the Balkans"---in a ceremony that was compared to that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
His fame and good fortune, however, could not last. In 1999, as NATO bombs fell on Belgrade, The Hague's International War Crimes Tribunal indicted Arkan for crimes against humanity, the United States called for his arrest, the world media chased him, and mobster rivals wanted him dead. His days were numbered, and just after the Serbian New Year, he was shockingly assassinated in the crowded lobby of a high-profile Belgrade hotel.
In Hunting the Tiger, journalist Christopher S. Stewart tells the spectacular, bloody, and often nebulous story of a man who was equal parts James Bond, James Dean, Billy the Kid, and Al Capone. In a region still in the throes of sectarian conflict and wracked by the aftermath of decades of violence, Stewart gives us an engaging first-person look at one man who became a symbol of an intensely combustible and illicit age, and who played both villain and hero at a profound historical moment.
A gripping investigation into the extraordinary career of Serbia's legendary warlord.
Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic began his life as a petty criminal, a juvenile delinquent adrift in the floundering state of Yugoslavia. He would eventually become famous throughout Western Europe: as the "smiling bank robber"; as a Houdini-like fugitive from multiple prisons; and even as a state-sponsored assassin. Stories of motorboat robberies and daylight bank heists would follow him from country to country. Yet however impressive his criminal reputation seemed at first, it was only the beginning of his path to infamy.
Following Yugoslavia's chaotic descent into madness in the 1990s, Arkan would become not only a gangster but one of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's most valued henchmen in the country's civil war. He rallied Belgrade's notoriously violent soccer hooligans, paired them with inmates from Serbia's prisons, among other brutal street thugs, and trained them to become his ruthless foot soldiers, known as the "Tigers." During the war, the men rampaged through Croatia and Bosnia---killing, raping, burning, and looting. As they earned a reputation as Serbia's most feared death squad (accused of genocide by The Hague tribunal), Arkan became one of the region's wealthiest men. A national hero, he married the country's greatest pop star---the so-called "Madonna of the Balkans"---in a ceremony that was compared to that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
His fame and good fortune, however, could not last. In 1999, as NATO bombs fell on Belgrade, The Hague's International War Crimes Tribunal indicted Arkan for crimes against humanity, the United States called for his arrest, the world media chased him, and mobster rivals wanted him dead. His days were numbered, and just after the Serbian New Year, he was shockingly assassinated in the crowded lobby of a high-profile Belgrade hotel.
In Hunting the Tiger, journalist Christopher S. Stewart tells the spectacular, bloody, and often nebulous story of a man who was equal parts James Bond, James Dean, Billy the Kid, and Al Capone. In a region still in the throes of sectarian conflict and wracked by the aftermath of decades of violence, Stewart gives us an engaging first-person look at one man who became a symbol of an intensely combustible and illicit age, and who played both villain and hero at a profound historical moment.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book does not know what it is - it's either dodgy journalism or bad fiction. The writer makes sweeping statements about how his subject was thinking or acting when nobody could possibly know but the man himself. And he's dead. Fine for fiction but this was a real person. I found the writer's presence inside the story irritating very quickly, like it was an attempt to cover for lack of real substance. I'd like to read a proper, solid biography of Arkan, not a hybrid travelogue. If there is one, perhaps by someone who was actually there or near by?
Format:Hardcover
I was thinking for a very long time before I bought the book. I knew who Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic was and I didn't know if I'm ready to read the story. I don't regret buying the book. It was very difficult to read some parts of the book especially from the war.But this book is not just Arkan's story it's the story of Serbia in 90'. It's the story where a mass murdered and despicable completely evil person got almost god like status. He is responsible for some of the worst atrocities Europe had witnessed since the second world war. It's the story about madness and hatred but also desperation. It's also a warning because Serbia is not the only one country in the world where people like Arkan can achieve absolute power.It can happen to any society given the change. If you want to partly understand what happened in Balkans in 1990s read this book.
I don't know how Mr. Stewart managed to get all his information and how he persuade all those people to talk and share their stories but I'm glad he did it.
I don't know how Mr. Stewart managed to get all his information and how he persuade all those people to talk and share their stories but I'm glad he did it.
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