Indira Lakshmanan

Sr Executive Editor @NatGeo. Past: Exec Editor @PulitzerCenter; Ethics chair @Poynter. Reported in 80 countries for @BostonGlobe, @NPR, Bloomberg, Intl NYT, PBS

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Recommended by Indira Lakshmanan

@maassp Highly recommend Peter Maass’ excellent book on ethnic hate and genocide, “Love Thy Neighbor.” I reviewed it after coming back from Bosnia for @BostonGlobe...I would bet it stands the test of time (from X)

What Michael Herr's Dispatches was to the Vietnam War, Love Thy Neighbor is to the Bosnian War--a brilliantly observed and deeply felt evocation of war by a writer who witnessed it. The work immediately calls to mind Heller's Catch-22 for its grasp of the absurdity of war, and, for its accurate presentation of the events, Neil Sheehan's A Bright, Shining Lie.