Sarajevo

Robert Donia is a Research Associate at the University of Michigan's Center for Russian and East European Studies, a Visiting Scholar in history at the University of California at San Diego, and holds a courtesy appointment as Associate Professor of History at the University of Sarajevo. He is the author of Islam under the Double Eagle: The Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1878-1914, and co-author with John V.A. Fine of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Tradition Betrayed. He has served as an expert witness in seven war crimes trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague.

'Donia's Sarajevo: A Biography is an exceptionally significant work, the result of years of research, archival exploration and scholarly interest in Sarajevo and its history. A work of comprehensive scholarship, it is also profoundly personal, and the tale of the city's history unwinds like a novel. As a biography of the city in the true sense of the word, it is an extraordinary achievement. The author's innovative approach treats Sarajevo from a wholly different perspective, not only as the setting for historical events but as a primary hero in a biography.'