| Description |
xii, 343 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The Yugoslav Problem: Crisis, Collapse, Conflict -- 3. Early Initiatives: From Declaration to Recognition -- 4. Early Initiatives: From Recognition to Reckoning -- 5. Military Operations: Peacekeeping in Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia -- 6. Military Operations: Peace Support and Coercion -- 7. The Major Players: Paris, Bonn, London -- 8. The Major Players: Washington and Moscow -- 9. The Peace Plans: Vance-Owen and ICFY -- 10. The Peace Plans: Dayton - Accord from Contact Group -- 11. Conclusion: Triumph of the Lack of Will |
| Summary |
Analysts, policymakers, scholars, and general readers need to understand the world's response to Yugoslavia's bloody collapse to build effective policies and prevent future wars in the Balkans. At a time when the failure of cooperation among Western powers shatters faith in the UN, NATO, and the EC to deal with such crises, this book's accessible, balanced perspective provides essential guidance |
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Why did the major Western powers fail to resolve the War of Dissolution in Yugoslavia? Why did the killing continue, even as diplomats, UN peacekeepers, and world leaders desperately negotiated agreements? James Gow evaluates the range of attempts to find a workable peace and identifies four factors that helped subvert the peace process: bad timing, bad judgment, poor cohesion, and above all, the absence of political will, especially concerning the use of force. Gow analyzes the individual perspectives and roles of major states in Europe after the Cold War - Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation, and the United States - all of which constituted the Contact Group attempting to establish a unified international policy toward the war |
| Analysis |
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Diplomatic history |
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Yugoslavia Foreign relations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Diplomatic history.
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| SUBJECT |
Yugoslavia -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149469
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| LC no. |
96048545 |
| ISBN |
0231109164 |
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