Somebody Else’s War
Frontline Reports from the Balkan Wars 1991-92

This is not armchair reporting. It is the story of the wars in Slovenia and Croatia: from the frontline, from childrens’ hospitals, from a mortuary on Christmas Eve. The author was in Slovenia as the wars in former Yugoslavia broke out – his ‘plane was destroyed at Ljubljana’s Brnik airport shortly before it was due to take off – and he carried on to report the wars in Croatia and Bosnia. This book formed the basis for the first BBC TV documentary on the wars in former Yugoslavia, shot over Christmas 1992.

Cry Bosnia
"Paul Harris, with this moving collection of photographs and notes from the Balkan war zones, from Vukovar to Sarajevo all the way to Mostar, joins those brave and highly professional journalists who took the risks to witness and to document the genocide. This book is his certificate for a place among those who give honor and integrity to their profession." Kemal Kurspahic, former editor-in-chief of Oslobodjene. Now in its fifth edition, Cry Bosnia has sold 28,000 copies worldwide. "Outstanding . . . Cry Bosnia ranks with the best work of the Magnum agency made up of the world’s foremost photo-journalists."

(Catholic Herald)


Fractured Paradise
Images of Sri Lanka

NEW ! A collection of dramatic and challenging photographs of peace and war in Sri Lanka. Printed in full colour throughout. Paul Harris has visited Sri Lanka more than a dozen times and these images are chosen from more than 25,000 he has taken on the island.

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Recent conflict studies in Jane’s Intelligence Review include

Algeria : Algerian election pits democracy against terrorism September 1997 India (NE) : Unrest continues in NE India July 1997 Nagorno-Karabakh : Conflict continues to rage in the Caucusus September 1999 Sudan : Cycle of conflict continues in Sudan October 1998 Sri Lanka : State of insecurity: Sri Lanka and the war that lost its way May 1999 Uganda : Uganda's civil war: bloody, brutal and bereft of morality February 1999

Books in preparation


Games of Chance: War, Sex & Survival in the World’s Most Dangerous Places Extracts available on this site)

In Preparation

Whisky (commissioned by Rokus Publishing House, Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia)

The World Directory of Special Forces

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