“[A] brilliant essay.”—Pierre Hassner, Critique Internationale
“[A] brilliantly compact expose of the twentieth-century diplomat’s favourite folly. In this small gem of a book, Kumar places the West’s multicultural solution to the Bosnian war in a long, inglorious line of botched partitions.”—Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
“A well-researched, thorough and readable account.”—Shashi Tharoor, Executive Assistant to the Secretary General, UN
“An erutite study of partition … presents a thorough critical history of the war and the various peace plans which laid the path to partition.”—Gregory Kent, Irish Times
“Elegant and concise … a compelling narrative.”—Choice