The Revival of Islam in the Balkans

Abstract

All in all, Komšić book constitutes an important source which provides the reader with additional perspectives and insights about the war in BiH. The only criticism is of editorial nature: Except for the documentation part, where many of the documents are accompanied by comments from the author, the diary itself is presented as ‘raw material’, without explanatory notes. For readers not too familiar with BiH, this makes the diary not an easy read, as many different persons, organisations, places and events appear in the text which are not necessarily known to the reader. It would therefore have been useful to add explanatory footnotes within the text, or at least, in the index of names, the functions pertaining to the mentioned individuals. Also, a map of BiH showing specifically the towns and regions which are mentioned would have been useful for a better orientation.