A well-researched and elegantly written history of Bosnia from its origins to the 1990s by a British journalist and political columnist. Organized chronologically, it includes insightful short chapters on the medieval Bosnian state, the Bosnian Church, islamicization of Bosnia, Jews and Gypsies, Bosnia under the Austro-Hungarian rule, WWI, WWI, Bosnia under Tito, the death of Yugoslavia and The destruction of Bosnia, 1992-1993.  (BLK54, $25.00)