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I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them.

The Washington Post
April 9, 2024

How does it feel to be a war-crimes reporter whose family bankrolled a nation that’s committing war crimes?

I can tell you.

I covered the genocide in Bosnia for The Post,  ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on April 9, 2024May 10, 2024Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

Our Half-Baked Balkan Policy

The Washington Post
March 26, 2001

All too often the American government has, in its handling of Balkan affairs, pursued a policy of “Do as I say and not as I do.”

Last week Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was on the receiving end of this treatment during his visit to Washington. The ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on March 27, 2001January 31, 2021Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

Death and Taxis

The Washington Post
December 24, 2000

(Review of “This House Has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis” by Karl Maier)

A book that begins with a taxi story usually begins colorfully. Karl Maier opens This House Has Fallen with a wild brawl that broke out when his taxi got caught in traffic in Port Harcourt, ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on December 25, 2000January 31, 2021Categories Africa, Article, Book Reviews, Washington Post

The Horror

The Washington Post
August 27, 2000
(Review of “Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda” by Scott Peterson)

Africa is an expression of vastness. It is a matter not just of size but of drama and emotion; so much occurs in Africa, and at so many extremes. This is a blessing ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on August 28, 2000January 31, 2021Categories Africa, Article, Book Reviews, Washington Post

NASA’s Lack of Shuttle Diplomacy

The Washington Post
December 10, 1998
(Review of “Dragonfly: Nasa and the Crisis Aboard Mir” by Bryan Burrough)

Space flight is in vogue again. The journey of John Glenn has refocused attention on the fascinating spectacle of humans soaring into the heavens on rockets that make the ground ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on December 11, 1998January 31, 2021Categories Article, Book Reviews, Washington Post

Love and Fury in the Balkans

The Washington Post
August 20, 1997
(The following is a review of “Montenegro” by Starling Lawrence)

There is a passage in Rebecca West’s classic book about the Balkans, “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon,” in which she wrote of being waked in a Paris hotel room by “the insufficiently ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on August 21, 1997January 31, 2021Categories Article, Balkans, Book Reviews, Washington Post

Rwanda, the Sorrow and the Pity

The Washington Post
August 25, 1996
(The following is a review of “Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey” by Fergal Keane)

HOW DO you explain what war is like? How do you explain the mad violence of drunken soldiers or the spiritual ruins that survivors have been turned into? And how do you ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on August 26, 1996January 31, 2021Categories Africa, Article, Book Reviews, Washington Post

Suddenly They Are Killers

The Washington Post
May 12, 1996

His name was Ibrahim. I was interviewing him at a refugee center in Croatia, in a cold room that smelled of stale cigarettes. It was late 1992. Ibrahim had just been released from Omarska, a Serb prison camp where he witnessed the worst of atrocities, including an episode ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on May 13, 1996January 31, 2021Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

Will Killers Go Free? War Criminals Shouldn’t Walk

The Washington Post
February 25, 1996

At the start of the interview, my host politely offered me a Dutch cigarillo before lighting one for himself. While a waiter served orange juice and coffee, he made small talk about Los Angeles, my hometown. And when I decided to raise the issue of war crimes trials, ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on February 26, 1996January 31, 2021Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

Lesson for a Younger Generation

The Washington Post
April 20, 1994

BUDAPEST–When politicians and generals discuss Bosnia, they often have Vietnam on their minds. Their warnings about quagmires, mission creep and the shortcomings of air strikes relate to Vietnam and the lessons that we should have learned from it. But they are ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on April 21, 1994January 31, 2021Categories Article, Balkans, Washington Post

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