The bridge betrayed

Religion and genocide in Bosnia Fire in the pages; Christ killers; Performing the passion; Masks of otherness; The virgin and the jewel of Herzegovina; Masks of complicity; The bridge `The genocidal assault on the muslims of Bosnia, begun in 1992, was, above all, a war of extermination by christian religious extremist, both serbian orthodox and croatian roman catholic. Sells brings a deep historical perspective to bear on recent events, and the powerfully indicts not only those Balkan leaders who manipulate popular fear and fanaticism to further their expansionist aims, but also those western politcians and iplomats who helped obscure the truth about the campaing by Serb and Croat religous nationalsits to destroy the uniquely rich, multiconfessional culture of Bosnia`. William Finnegan, reporter for The New Yorker.