{"product_id":"9781805262862","title":"Madam War Criminal : Biljana Plavsic, Serbia's Iron Lady by Olivera Simic","description":"A tale of violent terror and chilling unrepentance, from the only woman convicted of crimes against humanity in the Bosnian War.   In 2001, Biljana Plavsic made history: she became the only female political leader ever prosecuted for mass atrocities. She was the one woman among 161 indictees at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia--and the first since Nuremberg to be convicted by an international court.   Charged with genocide and crimes against humanity, Plavsic took a plea bargain. Just one other Bosnian Serb politician at her level was sentenced: Radovan Karadzic himself, President to Plavsic's Vice-President in the autonomous Republika Srpska. Yet before the conflict, Plavsic had been a globally renowned scientist at the University of Sarajevo, penning journal articles and serving as faculty dean.   This gripping book revolves around hundreds of hours of interviews with a stridently unrepentant war criminal--now in her 90s, and a free woman. How did this biology professor end up heading a vengeful ethno-nationalist movement that murdered tens of thousands?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307580338549,"sku":"9781805262862","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805262862.jpg?v=1762804462","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781805262862","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}