"This pioneering work offers a new understanding of the sources of violent Serbian separatism in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s as well as the origins of ethnonational conflict globally.  Drawing ably upon contemporary political science theory, Adis Maksic convincingly attributes Serbian ethnic violence to a synergistic combination of leadership agents relentlessly pursuing political change, widespread mobilization of material and human resources, and a carefully wrought narration of the Serb people''s past and present." (Robert Donia, Research Associate, University of Michigan, USA)

"Why did Bosnia-Herzegovina, a land of peaceful coexistence, descent into violent ethnic cleansing seventeen months after its first multi-party elections? Central to any answer are the actions of the Serb Democratic Party, the party of Radovan Karadzic. In this path-breaking book Adis Maksic argues that affective appeals and performances fueled this party''s rise into power and thereafter towards the destruction of Bosnia. Songs, music and marches made ethnic cleaning possible." (Gerard Toal, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, USA)