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The fall of Srebrenica was for several reasons exceptional. First, it was the ultimate humiliation of the United Nations' efforts in general, and in particular its efforts to protect the civilian population in the former Yugoslavia. Secondly, it demonstrated convincingly to the Bosnian Serbs that the United Nations and its strong arm NATO were not able to fight a real war and that they were 'paper tigers', good at issuing decisions, declarations and statements full of empty threats. After four years, the UN and NATO had lost all credibility. Srebrenica was defended by a Dutch batallion, "Dutchbat". There had been an overwhelming majority in the Dutch Parliament for contributing troops to the United Nations' attempt to restore peace and to safeguard the civilians in the former Yugoslavia. Sending the troops was not really an issue. The issue was: which troops, what armaments and where? (SOI : BF: S. 350)

Unter konfliktstrategischen Aspekten geht es um die gegenwärtige Sicherheitspolitik, mögliche Alternativen und die Rolle der Friedensbewegungen. Die Analyse bezieht sich auf vorhandene Literatur. Der Autor kritisiert an der betriebenen Sicherheitspolitik und den alternativen, an politischer Macht gewinnenden Vorschlägen der Friedensbewegungen deren Konzentration auf die Mittel einer Konfliktlösung anstatt auf die Konfliktlösung selbst. Sie wäre durch eine veränderte Wahrnehmung der Realität, die die der Sicherheitspolitik inhärente Vorstellung der Unumgänglichkeit des Konflikts zugunsten der Vorstellung der vorhandenen Interdependenz der Länder als Friedensgarant aufgibt, zu erreichen. (HD)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Editors' introduction -- 2 Conversations with Jan Bloch (1899) and Bloch's Preface to his own book (1898) -- 3 The Imperial Rescript, May 1898 -- The Second Imperial Circular, December 1898 -- 4 Jan Bloch in the century's context -- PART I JAN BLOCH IN HIS OWN TIME -- 5 From St Petersburg to The Hague: Bloch and the First Hague Peace Conference (1899) -- 6 Bloch the man: a biographical appreciation -- 7 Bloch's influence among the German anti-war dissidents -- PART II TRANSFORMATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER -- 8 International organisations in the quest for peace -- 9 From independence to interdependence: the end of sovereignty? -- 10 Out of Africa: the fate of the state and the international system -- 11 State making, state failure and the revolution in military affairs -- PART III TRANSFORMATION OF WAR -- Three contrasting views at the large scale -- 12 A brief history of warfare - past, present, future -- 13 The peace-bringing powers of war -- 14 The indispensable nuclear weapon -- Changing potentials and purposes -- 15 Beyond war and totalitarianism: the new dynamics of violence -- 16 Civil and uncivil wars -- Implications for practice -- 17 Revolutions in military affairs -- 18 The art of military intervention -- 19 Practicality, in support of principles -- EPILOGUE -- INDEX -- NIJHOFF LAW SPECIALS.