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The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda Paperback – Illustrated, Nov. 9 2002

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Examining competing notions of justice in Bosnia and Rwanda, award-winning Boston Globe correspondent Elizabeth Neuffer convinces readers that crimes against humanity cannot be resolved by talk of forgiveness, or through the more common recourse to forgetfulness

As genocidal warfare engulfed the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the international community acted too late to prevent unconscionable violations of human rights in both countries. As these states now attempt to reconstruct their national identities, the surviving victims of genocide struggle to come to terms with a world unhinged.

Interviewing victims and aggressors, war orphans and war criminals, Serbian militiamen and NATO commanders, Neuffer explores the extent to which genocide erodes a nation's social and political environment, just as it destroys the individual lives of the aggressor's perceived enemies. She argues persuasively that only by achieving justice for these people can domestic and international organizations hope to achieve lasting peace in regions destroyed by fratricidal warfare.

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Nov. 9 2002
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13.97 x 2.95 x 21.59 cm
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“A subject of monumental importance...poignant personal stories...should prick our collective conscience.” ―Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent, CNN

“Captures the human drama at the core of the trials...in intimate and sometimes painful detail....Prodigious research and exemplary reporting.” ―The New York Times Book Review

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Elizabeth Neuffer, an award-winning journalist and Edward R. Murrow Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, covers foreign affairs for The Boston Globe. A resident of New York City, she reported on the war on terrorism from Afghanistan.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador
Publication date ‏ : ‎ Nov. 9 2002
Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312302827
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312302825
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 454 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 2.95 x 21.59 cm
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Needed justice and the hope and healing it can bring.
Reviewed in Canada on May 23, 2002

Hope - this book is about needed justice and the hope and healing it can bring.
My journey to Rwanda this year prompted me to delve into the tyrannical torture and terror that swept this small, poor nation in 1994.
In 1994, over a period 100 days, over one million people were butchered. It is such a staggering number that it is hard to comprehend. Just to write the first names of the murdered down would take you 2 ½ years, writing six names a minute for eight hours a day.
Although Elizabeth Neuffer's book is about the pursuit of justice and the delivery of justice, it is also about the grim and gruesome reality of killers, rapists and victims. Her clear, straight forward journalistic writing style is engaging. Of the books I have read on Rwanda's genocide (I highly recommend both Scott Peterson's 'Me Against My Brother' and Philip Gourvitch's 'We wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families') Neuffer is the only one that covers rape. She has dedicated chapters to the rape, and it need to be judged as a war crime. She exposes the effect that has on the victims. Her sensitivity and willing to disclose this little discussed topic is needed, refreshing and laudable. Kudos.
Rwanda now has 130,000 incarcerated, waiting for their genocide trials to begin. But, justice is extremely slow in coming. One case alone took 1.5 years. In three years Rwanda's courts have handed down 2,500 vertics. At that rate it will take the Rwandan courts 150 years to clear the dockets. "Perhaps what you end up with in a post-genocide society is not justice at all" Gerald Gahima, Rwanda's previous deputy minister of justice, stated. "Maybe we should think of another word for it."
In her book Bosnia get the lion share of her writing (400 plus pages) but her short sections dealing with Rwanda is alone worth the price of the purchase. This is an outstanding book, worth of any library and to be read by anyone interested in these topics. Highly Recommended.

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David C. Hoffner
Justice Delivered?
Reviewed in Canada on February 20, 2004
What is 'justice', especially when so many have been so grievously wronged? And can a UN Tribunal deliver it? These questions are not entirely answered in this book, nor could we really expect that. But the discussion is well advanced in these pages.
As far as the UN and the international community are concerned, the verdict appears mixed. There is some discussion in this book regarding the questions of why no one stopped the violence when it happened. But also once the tribunals were formed, how well did they work? And what diplomatic and political factors contributed to their success or failure? Many authorities are pleased with the developments in the new field of international humanitarian law. Everything is precedent-setting. But is this what the societies and victims need?
The question of what constitutes 'justice' for these victims is the core of the book. Justice is not limited to a guilty verdict for the perpetrators. The tribunals only have had marginal success in this area. But as the book explores, the victims have other needs that are also only partially met. There is the need for victims to find and bury their loved ones, to say good-bye (p.218). There is a need to match the perception of justice with its delivery (340). Is it punishment and retribution? Is it acknowledgemnt of the truth throughout the society? Can revelation and discussion of the truth prevent future conflict? What about restitution?
For me the most poignant passage was on p.264. Rwandan survivor Antoinette was raped by five men, one of whom fathered her son, whom she chose to name Emmanuel. This is not commented on in the book, but I know that the meaning of that name is 'God with us'. It is also likely that Antoinette is aware of this, being a Christian. The naming of her rape-produced son is a testament to me of the resilience and character of that woman in the most awful of circumstances.
The book is written with a reporter's eye and ear. It has an observational style and develops in detective-like manner. Other reviewers have questioned the quality of her research. I am not knowledgeable enough to comment. But it seems to me that the late Ms. Neuffer did credit to her profession with this book.

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A Reader
The Most Honest Book Yet
Reviewed in Canada on July 13, 2002
I just finished The Key To My Neighbor's House. Being a survivor of the Bosnian war of 1992, this book really brought some sense of justice and understanding for me. I've read many books about the war in Bosnia, but none were as accurate as The Key To My Neighbor's House. Most of the books I've read about the war in Bosnia mostly focus on the political side of the war. The Key To My Neigbor's House tells the real,true story behind the Bosnian war of 1992. Elizabeth Neuffer got the real story from the real people. Most authors would've gotten their information from the political figures or some sort of high ranking officials, but not Elizabeth Neuffer. I've learned a lot from this book, even though I went through the whole war experience, but there was a lot I didn't know. I would like to thank Elizabeth Neuffer for risking her life to write this book. I really appreciate all of her hard work. I would recomend this book to anyone wanting to learn the real sory behind the war in Bosnia and Rwanda.

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V. Harris
A GREAT COMPANION
Reviewed in Canada on December 5, 2003
Neuffer has written a great companion to the works of Gourevitch and Samantha Power. A Key... is somewhat more intense, powerful reading. It is a primary source compilation of the horror stories that were Bosnia and Rwanda.
Keeping track of all the players and respective groups is a little difficult, but it is for anyone covering the former Yugoslav episode. What is lacking there, is more than compensated for, with the emotionally wracking first hand accounts of the suffering. Neuffer takes you in the heart of the fracas, and I guarantee, you wont return unmoved.
This is an exceptional work, by an exceptional person. Her recent passing leaves all of us a little poorer.

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Andres Pedraza
Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2017
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Very good book, it gives you a better understanding about genocide and the consequences of it

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shzmba
Outstanding!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2015
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Outstanding read to understand Eastern Europe culture and politics.

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daniela
Terrible Manufacturing
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020
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I needed this book for one of my college classes. It is very difficult to annotate and highlight book pages when several of the pages are not attached and fall out. Im not sure why they aren't attached, I received it like that. I thought maybe it was one page but as I continued reading several other pages would randomly fall out. Not sure if anyone else has had this problem with this book.

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magic
good book.
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2015
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I bought it for a man who came from the area this story is about...good book.

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J. Winchester
Interesting book but with mistakes
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2002
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Overall the book is a great read. It's clear that the author spent some time in Bosnia and is familiar with her material. Unfortunately there are many typos in the English portion of the book, as well as misspellings in the names of local people or places (Ceca, Konjic, et al) The portions on Rwanda are pretty skimpy. I liked the book, but the obvious sloppiness makes me wonder how many of her other facts are just thrown in without checking.

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