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"In this book the author bridges the gap between the common perception of the modern Yugoslav conflict as portrayed in the media and the actual grim reality with which he was dealing as a European Monitor on the ground. Drawing on original source material from both the United Nations (UN) and the European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM), he critically re-examines the programme of violence which erupted in 1991 and eventually culminated in 1995 in the vicious dismemberment of a sovereign federal republic with a seat at the United Nations General Assembly

The Nazi German entry into the Balkans in the spring of 1941, together with the complete dismemberment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, heralded the birth of the Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska (NDH) or "Independent" State of Croatia. Run by the Ustashe, the NDH was an ideologically fascist state that, during its brief existence between April 1941 and May 1945, subjected its minority Serbian population to genocide. In addition to many hundreds of thousands being killed or forcibly converted to Roman Catholicism (the religion of the Croats), many Serbs fled the territory of the NDH for neighboring Serbia. The bitter memory held by these Serb survivors of the Ustashe regime, in particular the refugees, constituted a subversive force throughout the period of the second Yugoslavia, culminating in the Yugoslav Wars between 1991 and 1995.

Front -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Did the International Community Have a Just Cause? -- Did the International Community Have Good Intentions? -- The International Community and the Principle of Last Resort -- Did the International Force Policy Have a "Reasonable Chance of Success"? -- Was the International Force Policy a Proportional Instrument? -- The International Community and the Principle of the Legitimate Authority -- Conclusions -- The International Community Concept: A Short Analysis and Interpretation -- Short Chronological Overview of the Yugoslav Conflict (1991-1995) -- Reminder of Some Definitions -- About the Author -- Bibliography

The dissolution of Yugoslavia / Andrew Wachtel and Christopher Bennett -- Kosovo under autonomy, 1974-1990 / Momcilo Pavlovic -- Independence and the fate of minorities, 1991-1992 / Gale Stokes -- Ethnic cleansing and war crimes, 1991-1995 / Marie-Janine Calic -- The international community and the fry/belligerents, 1989-1997 / Matjaz Klemencic -- Safe areas / Charles Ingrao -- The war in Croatia, 1991-1995 / Mile Bjelajac and Ozren Zunec -- Kosovo under the Milosevic regime / Dusan Janjic, with Anna Lalaj and Besnik Pula -- The war in Kosovo, 1998-1999 / James Gow -- The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia / John B. Allcock, editor -- Living together or hating each other? / David MacDonald, editor -- Montenegro : a polity in flux, 1989-2000 / Kenneth Morrison

"In the hills of eastern Bosnia sits the small town of Srebrenica--once known for silver mines and health spas, now infamous for the genocide that occurred there during the Bosnian War. In July 1995, when the town fell to Serbian forces, 12,000 Muslim men and boys fled through the woods, seeking safe territory. Hunted for six days, more than 8,000 were captured, killed at execution sites and later buried in mass graves. With harrowing personal narratives by survivors, this book provides eyewitness accounts of the Bosnian genocide, revealing stories of individual trauma, loss and resilience."--

Analyses the crisis faced by the Balkan states at the end of the Cold War, the turbulent events that followed and Western policy towards the region.