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

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.

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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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 Sandak: A History (2013), with Elizabeth Roberts.

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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.

Inhalt
Foreword; Martin Bell.- Introduction.- 1. Hotels as Strategic Assets, Prestige Targets and Sanctuaries.- 2. Press Hotels in Conflict Zones.- 3. The Construction of Sarajevo's 'Olympic Hotel'.- 4. Politics Comes to the Holiday Inn.- 5. In Residence: Radovan Karadi and the SDS.- 6. Crossing the Rubicon: The Outbreak of War in Sarajevo.- 7. A New Reality, a New Clientele.- 8. The Hazards of Living on the Frontline.- 9. Hostelry in Extremis .- 10. The Targeting of the Holiday Inn.- 11. The Rebirth and Demise of Sarajevo's Holiday Inn.