Settling Accounts: Violence, Justice, and Accountability in Postsocialist Europe
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Princeton University Press, 1997.
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John Borneman., & John Borneman|AUTHOR. (1997). Settling Accounts: Violence, Justice, and Accountability in Postsocialist Europe . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)John Borneman and John Borneman|AUTHOR. 1997. Settling Accounts: Violence, Justice, and Accountability in Postsocialist Europe. Princeton University Press.
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MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)John Borneman, and John Borneman|AUTHOR. Settling Accounts: Violence, Justice, and Accountability in Postsocialist Europe Princeton University Press, 1997.
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