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Weine, a psychiatrist who spent six years working with Bosnian refugees, investigates survivors' attempts to reconcile their remembrances of living together in a cherished multiethnic society with the memories of horrific ethnic atrocities. He explore the Bosnian value of merhamet , meaning forgiveness and charity, which was central to the experience of living together, then looks at how Serbian leaders used memories to promote ethnic hatred and genocide. The author is an associate professor of psychiatry and co-director of the Project on Genocide, Psychiatry, and Witnessing, at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)