Bosnia's Million Bones: Solving the World's Greatest Forensic Puzzle - Tapa dura

"The International Commission on Missing Persons' work done with DNA is, without doubt, the single most important achievement within the field of human identification with DNA. The story of their very important, almost incredible, work must be told to the world. In this necessary book, foreign correspondent Christian Jennings has done just that. This book makes a difference." - Professor Niels Morling, Vice-President of the International Society for Forensic Genetics
 
'A precisely rendered, gruelling account of how the 1995 Srebrenica massacre propelled a scientific revolution in missing persons identification. An inspirational but disturbing story of science as counterweight to evil - not for the squeamish.' - Kirkus Reviews

"A terrific piece of work: an important story which is told compellingly but soberly.' Edward Stourton, BBC broadcaster

'Christian Jennings is a lucid and compassionate writer. His research, attention to detail, and storytelling skills make Bosnia's Million Bones an engrossing exploration of the techniques that forensic scientists use to unravel the crimes of war and bring those responsible to justice. This book is a poignant tribute to every parent who has moved heaven and earth to find his or her disappeared child—and to the scientists who have come to their aid.' - Eric Stover, author of The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague and Faculty Director, The Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley, School of Law

"Jennings brings to light the horror of ethnic cleansing, and stunningly renders both the exhuming and testing of the bodies, and attempts by crack forensics teams to identify the victims." Publishers Week

'Until now, the issue of the millions of persons missing due to armed conflict and human rights abuses has been a silent one. When people disappear, particularly through violent crimes by state authorities, family members left behind are often terrified to seek answers about the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones. ICMP has helped end that silence. This important and timely book on the groundbreaking efforts of ICMP demonstrates that the missing can be located and those responsible brought to account."
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan