In response to \"aaa\", I read the book. I have lived in this region for ten years. Constantly I have asked myself how individuals can find internal peace and an escape from the bitterness that I see all around me. Over time I began to lose interest in the \"blame-game\" - but still there did not seem to be a way for individuals to let go. Thus, I became highly interested in Savo\'s book. Finally I was able to get a copy of the book. I think most people here would be very surprised to read the book because it is not a political story or even the story of ethnic groups and rivalry between those groups. It is a story about people, not \"a people\". It is a story of reconciliation - it is just about how Savo came to terms with his experience, yet Savo does not hold out his experience as some measurement of suffering - the book does not compete in that way. I realize that not every individual is interested in reconciliation. However, for those who are, Savo has effectively separated \"group think\" about the situation in an individual assessment of people and events. The book does not paint one ethnic group as heroes and the other group as villians; far from it. Savo\'s book is about individuals and the amazingly great things that individuals can do when they move outside of collective patterns of behavior. I suppose many of those commenting will be devastated to know that the book does not really have an angle of ethnic rivalry. In fact, it even goes so far as to propose that individuals are capable of behaving in a very good way and a very bad way, regardless of their ethnicity. Thus there is no real safety in belonging to or identifying with a certain group. The book is simply not about blaming others. People can only benefit from reading the book and I seriously doubt if anyone reading the book would come away feeling bitter toward one side or another. The group experience that many seem to be seeking is not to be found in this book. This is a book to help people who are tired of anger and hate.