However, in the background Hermann clearly shows his disgust with the international community‚ in particular with its lack of action and decisiveness in preventing killings that occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the entire war.

Key figures such as Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Yasushi Akashi, General Lewis MacKenzie, and British diplomat Lord David Owen are portrayed in the book as active participants, though often under slightly modified names.

Copies of Sarajevo Tango were sent to various politicians, United Nations, and government officials, artists, journalists and global celebrities.

The book is also dedicated to Karim Zaimović, a young journalist and publicist killed in Sarajevo during the siege by Serbian mortar shells;[1] and in part to Ervin Rustemagić, Hermann's personal friend and survivor of the Sarajevo siege.

The book was also translated into Bosnian, Swedish, and Danish, In 1995 Herman received the Durbuy-Grand Prix for Sarajevo Tango.