Caddo Gap Press
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — February 2008
The war schools of Dobrinja; reading, writing, and resistance during the siege of Sarajevo.
Berman, David M.
Caddo Gap Press, ©2007 255 p. $29.95 DR1313
978-1-880192-55-9
Physically separated from the rest of Sarajevo as that city came under siege during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, the area of Dobrinja nevertheless became a symbol of resistance to the besieging forces, where even the educational system was considered a function of defense. Berman (education, U. of Pittsburgh) gives an account of the "war schools of Dobrinja" that combines institutional history and a narrative of personal experiences of the teachers and students as they kept the schools running under the most difficult of circumstances. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
