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Denisa Kostovičova. Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk about War Crimes. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2023. vii, 246 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Figures. Tables. $51.85, hard bound.

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Denisa Kostovičova. Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk about War Crimes. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2023. vii, 246 pp. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Figures. Tables. $51.85, hard bound.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2025

Eric Gordy
Eric Gordy*
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University College London Email: e.gordy@ucl.ac.uk
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Slavic Review , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , Fall 2024 , pp. 605 - 607
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