Surviving Urban Sieges

I’ve been commissioned to write a review essay for Transitions Online, built around Peter Andreas’ Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo (Cornell University Press, 2008).   Just received my review copy from Cornell University Press. I’ve been looking forward to reading the book for a while, ever since the author’s research article on “The Clandestine Political Economy of War and Peace in Bosnia” appeared in the winter 2004 issue of International Studies Quarterly.