""Replacing tyranny with justice, healing deep scars, exchanging
hatred for hope . . . the women in "This Was Not Our War "teach us
how.""--William Jefferson Clinton"
This Was Not Our War" shares amazing first-person accounts of
twenty-six Bosnian women who are reconstructing their society
following years of devastating warfare. A university student
working to resettle refugees, a paramedic who founded a veterans'
aid group, a fashion designer running two nonprofit organizations,
a government minister and professor who survived Auschwitz--these
women are advocates, politicians, farmers, journalists, students,
doctors, businesswomen, engineers, wives, and mothers. They are
from all parts of Bosnia and represent the full range of ethnic
traditions and mixed heritages. Their ages spread across sixty
years, and their wealth ranges from expensive jewels to a few
chickens. For all their differences, they have this much in common:
all survived the war with enough emotional strength to work toward
rebuilding their country. Swanee Hunt met these women through her
diplomatic and humanitarian work in the 1990s. Over the course of
seven years, she conducted multiple interviews with each one. In
presenting those interviews here, Hunt provides a narrative
framework that connects the women's stories, allowing them to speak
to one another.
The women describe what it was like living in a vibrant
multicultural community that suddenly imploded in an onslaught of
violence. They relate the chaos; the atrocities, including the
rapes of many neighbors and friends; the hurried decisions whether
to stay or flee; the extraordinary efforts to care for children and
elderly parents and to find food and clean drinking water.
Reflecting on the causes of the war, they vehemently reject the
idea that age-old ethnic hatreds made the war inevitable. The women
share their reactions to the Dayton Accords, the end of
hostilities, and international relief efforts. While they are
candid about the difficulties they face, they are committed to
rebuilding Bosnia based on ideals of truth, justice, and a common
humanity encompassing those of all faiths and ethnicities. Their
wisdom is instructive, their courage and fortitude
inspirational.
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