Utjecaj pseudoliterature na percepciju rata u Bosni i Hercegovini

In the focus of the present paper the author puts the works which, according to one segment of the Western readership, have significantly influenced the understanding of the dissolution of theYugoslav community and a perception of aggression on Bosnia-Hercegovina. The works in question include Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia, 1941, written by the renowned British author Rebecca West and Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History, 1993, of American author Robert Kaplan. In contrast to the above works the author places into a corelation ‘’the perception of war’’ in the books which impartially and objectively represent the Bosnian-Herzegovinian past, the deepest roots of the conflict, the pre-war atmosphere, and major causes and agents of aggression, crimes and destruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The latter group includes Noel Malcolm’s ‘Bosnia: A Short History’ and Richard Holbrooke’s ‘To End A War’, together with some other works, either of foreign or local authors, brought into a corelation with the ‘’perception of war’’ in BH. By using the critical discourse and the strength of arguments the author attempted to counter the pernicious effect of misleading biases, historigraphic fabrications, myth-making and reductionist views of R. West and R. Kaplan, entrenched in journalistic travel books, facetious statements and obscure impressions of stereotypical informers. Unfortunately, such views have significantly impacted the public opinion in the western hemisphere which indifferently observed the tragic unravelling of this country.