Ana Antic is a post-doctoral fellow at Birkbeck at the project Reluctant Internationalists: A History of Public Health and International Organisations, Movements, and Experts in Twentieth Century Europe. She received her PhD in history from Columbia University. Her research focuses on the history of modern Europe and the Balkans, history of war and violence, and history of psychiatry. She has published in East European Politics and Societies, Social History of Medicine, History of Psychiatry, and a number of other journals.

Shortlisted for the 2017 Gladstone Prize of the Royal Historical Society

"...This is an important and useful book: a comprehensive political analysis that deals even-handedly with all aspects of Serbia's war; it will be the key reference for students of the region and specialists of the Second World War alike." -- John Paul Newman, Journal of Modern History

"Antić's central thesis is that war revolutionized Yugoslav psychiatry from both the right and the left ... Antic makes a convincing case for Yugoslav psychiatric exceptionalism." -- Dusan I. Bjelic, Slavic Review

"Antić's book tells of the violence and trauma of the occupation at the level of the individual psyche, through 949 psychiatric case histories across varied hospital archives. The files unveil not only the psychological impact of wartime occupation, but also people's internal conflicts about the political events surrounding them. They offer a unique insight into class, gender and political allegiances, making a striking, original contribution to the social history of Yugoslavia [...] This book...serves as a robust vindication of the importance of bringing these patient stories to light; restoring an aspect of experience to the historical record, from actors who would not otherwise be given a voice. Indeed, Antic eloquently shows us that it is imperative to do so, to fully document and acknowledge the effects of wartime violence upon the psyche." -- Sarah Marks, Social History of Medicine