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Sarajevo’s Holiday Inn on the Frontline of Politics and War

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Authors:
  1. Kenneth Morrison

    1. Department of History, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

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  • Offers the first book-length study to examine the role and function of the Holiday Inn hotel during the siege of Sarajevo

  • Draws on a wealth of archival sources in both Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and English

  • Provides a new perspective on life during the siege and offers a broader insight into the role and function of hotels in times of conflict

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 1-6

  3. Hotels as Strategic Assets, Prestige Targets, and Sanctuaries

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 7-32

  4. Press Hotels in Conflict Zones

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 33-45

  5. The Construction of Sarajevo’s ‘Olympic Hotel’

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 47-69

  6. Politics Comes to the Holiday Inn

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 71-82

  7. In Residence: Radovan Karadžić and the SDS

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 83-102

  8. Crossing the Rubicon: The Outbreak of War in Sarajevo

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 103-116

  9. A New Reality, A New Clientele

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 117-140

  10. The Hazards of Living on the Frontline

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 141-164

  11. Hostelry in Extremis

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 165-192

  12. The Targeting of the Holiday Inn

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 193-202

  13. The Rebirth and Demise of Sarajevo’s Holiday Inn

    • Kenneth Morrison
    Pages 203-216

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 217-248
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About this book

Sarajevo’s Holiday Inn on the Frontline of Politics and War charts the rich history of the city’s famous Holiday Inn hotel. Describing in detail the tumultuous events that took place within its walls and in its immediate environs, this book explores the opening of the building in advance of the 1984 Winter Olympics through the early 1990s when the hotel was utilized by political elites through to the siege of Sarajevo, when the hotel became the main base for foreign correspondents. Kenneth Morrison draws upon a plethora of primary and secondary sources, and includes extensive interviews with many participants in the drama that was played out within the confines of the hotel, contextualizing the case of the Holiday Inn by analyzing how hotels are utilized in times of conflict.  

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Kenneth Morrison

About the author

Kenneth Morrison is Reader in Modern Southeast European History at De Montfort University, UK. He has written extensively on the modern history of the Balkans and is the author of Montenegro: A Modern History (2009) and The Sandžak: A History (2013), with Elizabeth Roberts.  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sarajevo’s Holiday Inn on the Frontline of Politics and War

  • Authors: Kenneth Morrison

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57718-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-84653-5Published: 15 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57718-4Published: 26 May 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 248

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: European History, History of Military, Cultural History

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