The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Ethnic Conflict and International InterventionThis book examines the historical, cultural and political dimensions of the crisis in Bosnia and the international efforts to resolve it. It provides a detailed analysis of international proposals to end the fighting, from the Vance-Owen plan to the Dayton Accord, with special attention to the national and international politics that shaped them. It analyzes the motivations and actions of the warring parties, neighbouring states and international actors including the United States, the United Nations, the European powers, and others involved in the war and the diplomacy surrounding it. With guides to sources and documentation, abundant tabular data and over 30 maps, this should be a definitive volume on the most vexing conflict of the post-Soviet period. |
Contents
Conflict and Accommodation in Bosnian Political History | |
Bosnia Before World War II | |
The National Question in Bosnia in the Titoist Period | |
Competitive Elections and Ethnic Polarization | |
The Choice Between Accommodation and Conflict | |
The Death of the VanceOwen Plan and the U S Proposal for Lift | |
An Assessment | |
Negotiating | |
Negotiating Partition | |
The EU Action Plan and the Demise of the ICFY | |
Toward Reluctant U S Leadership | |
CroatMuslim Relations and the Establishment of the Bosnian Federation | |
Formation of the Contact Group | |
The Descent into | |
The Nationalist Revolution | |
The Dissolution of Yugoslavia and of Bosnia | |
The Role of the International Community | |
Independence | |
Could Bosnia Have Been Saved? | |
The War on the Ground 199294 | |
The Major Crises 199394 | |
The UN Mission Under Attack | |
Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide | |
Conclusion | |
The Political Context | |
The International Community Is Drawn | |
The ICFY | |
Toward Coercive Diplomacy | |
Conclusion | |
Imposing the Dayton Agreement | |
The Military Dimension of Western Policy | |
The Military and Political Dimensions Are Integrated | |
The Dayton Agreement | |
Conclusion | |
Dilemmas of Intervention | |
The Difficulties of Early Intervention | |
The Road to Dayton | |
CeaseFire Peace or Partition? | |
Bibliography of Works Cited | |
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