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The Silent Cry: One Man's Fight for Croatia in Bosnia Paperback – 13 Mar 2000
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This is John MacPhee's powerful story: His memoirs portray a personal struggle for the freedom of a people and a battle for inner peace within the chaos of the Bosnian war.
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Is John MacPhee really 'the evil beast of Bosnia'?
Controversy has stalked John MacPhee since his return from the Balkans...However, anyone reading this book will soon realise that MacPhee felt a real affection for the people of the region. In addition he helped them in any number of ways from organising aid for local hospitals to escorting refugees to safety. The book itself centres on his activities in the region as a volunteer solider of the HVO (Croat Defence Council). His involvement in the crisis in the former Yugoslavia escalated following the death of his Muslim lover and her child (at the hands of her own side) and he returned from the Balkans mentally as well as physically scarred. As a result this book is as much an indictment of the inactivity and indolence of the west as it is a warts and all account of the tactics of the HVO. As a soldier he witnessed some of the war crimes now being tried at The Hague by the UN War Crimes Tribunal as well as many more which were never reported and to which he was almost the sole witness. In a way the writing of this book was a form of therapy for John MacPhee, he remains haunted by all he witnessed in the Balkans and consequently 'The Silent Cry' is written in a stark and vivid style, offering the western reader the opportunity to understand the psyche of a soldier embroiled in what many believe to be the most ruthless European war of the century. As such it is an invaluable tool through which outsiders can better understand Europe's darkest hour since the Second World War. A book not to be missed for anyone interested in the effect war has on the minds of civilians and soldiers alike.
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