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His other highly acclaimed books are the fall of yugoslavia and the balkans. Glenny is strongest on the balkans and the former soviet union, which he. Glenny has also written for the new york times, the new york book. In this fearless and wholly authoritative investigation of the seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares. Misha glenny born 25 april 1958 is a british journalist, specialising in southeast europe, global organised crime, and cybersecurity. He was a bbc central europe correspondenthe covered the wars in the former. Elsewhere, the book occasionally reads like a whistlestop tour of global crime. The great merit of glennys book is that it does not just chronicle the foul deeds of international crime syndicates. So, you could not hesitate to bring this ebook nemesis.
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