Photo: Dave Chen, Ottawa Citizen
MEDIA
ADVISORY
WHAT: An
afternoon with Scott Taylor, an award-winning Canadian journalist. The author
of INAT: Images of Serbia and the Kosovo Conflict, continues the tragic story
of the Balkans in his new book, Diary of an Uncivil War.
WHERE: University
of Alberta, Tory Building, Room TB-95
WHEN: Tuesday,
March 26 at 4:00 pm
CONTACT: Please direct all Edmonton media inquiries
and interview requests to Kevin Brett, 780—437-4191
The
terror attacks of September 11, 2001 against the Pentagon and World Trade
Center in New York may not have changed the world, but they certainly relegated
news from the Balkans to the back pages.
It was not until the appearance of Slobodan Milosevic before the War
Crimes Tribunal in The Hague that this troubled region was deemed newsworthy
again.
For the
past decade, Scott Taylor has been covering events in the Balkans. Taylor, a former soldier, is the editor and
publisher of Esprit de Corps magazine, celebrated for its unflinching
scrutiny of the Canadian military. He
is also the author of the best selling, INAT: Images of Serbia and the Kosovo
Conflict, a compilation of his first-hand observations during the 78-day NATO bombing
campaign in 1999. Rather than ending
the civil strife, NATO’s intervention set in motion a series of events that
would have violent repercussions throughout Serbia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. In Diary of an Uncivil War, Taylor returns
to the Balkans to record the war’s bitter aftermath.
Currently on a tour in
Australia, Scott Taylor is coming to Edmonton on March 26 for the launch of his
new book, Diary of an Uncivil War.