has strong views about the conflicts seen after the breakup of Yugoslavia. He was interviewed in 2006 upon the release of his book Dubrovnik: A History by a Croatian newspaper and spoke in part about his charge that the ICTY Hague Tribunal trial of Ante Gotovina by Carla Del Ponte was politically motivated and that if Gotovina was convicted, it would mean that Croatian soldiers liberated their country in an illegal action. Harris was critical of policy failure by the government of John Major, who, he said, made a mistake because they did not take the initiative, and the Foreign Office allowed the continuation of his old policy, which meant cooperation with the Belgrade regime, which was made up of communists and Serbs. It was laziness, and the biggest mistake of British politics. Harris became interested in 1991 with the Yugoslav wars. He believes Operation Storm was a legitimate operation to free Croatian territory. Harris wrote in February 2006 an article in the American Spectator in which he vehemently attacked the Hague Tribunal and the indictment against Ante Gotovina. For a time around 2010, he was a member of the board of the Croatian Center for the Renewal of Culture. Harris has praised a victim of communist kangaroo court, Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac, the Archbishop of Zagreb during the Second World War, who, Harris claims, fought against two forms of totalitarianism, fascism and communism. Notes Publications The Conservative Community: The Roots of Thatcherism - and its Future (Centre for Policy Studies, 1989). A Tale of Two Chileans - Pinochet and Allende (Chilean Supporters Abroad, 1999). Dubrovnik: A History (Saqi, London 2003). As paperback 2006, . Beyond Friendship: The Future of Anglo-American Relations (Heritage Foundation, 2006) Talleyrand: Betrayer And Saviour Of France (2007) The Conservatives - A History (Bantam Press, 2011). Not for Turning: The Life of Margaret Thatcher (Bantam, 2013) External links Profile, prospect-magazine.co.uk; accessed 18 November 2016. The State of the Special Relationship, hoover.org; accessed 18 November 2016. A Tale of Two Chileans, geocities.com; accessed 18 November 2016. 1952 births Living people British male journalists Conservative Party (UK) officials