In this Book
- Peacemakers: American Leadership and the End of Genocide in the Balkans
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
- Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace
The wars that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s were the deadliest European conflicts since World War II. The violence escalated to the point of genocide when, over the course of ten days in July 1995, Serbian troops under the command of General Ratko Mladic murdered 8,000 unarmed men and boys who had sought refuge at a UN safe-haven in Srebrenica. Shocked, the United States quickly launched a diplomatic intervention supported by military force that ultimately brought peace to the new nations created when Yugoslavia disintegrated.
Peacemakers is the first inclusive history of the successful multilateral intervention in the Balkans from 1995–2008 by an official directly involved in the diplomatic and military responses to the crises. A deadly accident near Sarajevo in 1995 thrust James Pardew into the center of efforts to stop the fighting in Bosnia. In a detailed narrative, he shows how Richard Holbrooke and the US envoys who followed him helped to stop or prevent vicious wars in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. Pardew describes the human drama of diplomacy and war, illuminating the motives, character, talents, and weaknesses of the national leaders involved.
Pardew demonstrates that the use of US power to relieve human suffering is a natural fit with American values. Peacemakers serves as a potent reminder that American leadership and multilateral cooperation are often critical to resolving international crises.
Table of Contents
- List of Maps
- pp. ix-x
- Abbreviations
- pp. xi-xii
- 1. Welcome to the Balkans
- pp. 3-6
- 2. Fools and Madmen
- pp. 7-11
- 3. The Inconvenient War
- pp. 12-19
- 4. Genocide
- pp. 20-24
- 5. Death on a Balkan Mountain
- pp. 25-29
- 6. The Godfather
- pp. 30-55
- 7. Lifting the Siege
- pp. 56-71
- 8. A Certain Kind of Technology
- pp. 72-75
- 9. Sarajevo
- pp. 76-87
- 10. The Last Shuttle
- pp. 88-104
- Part 2. Bosnia: The Dayton Agreement
- pp. 105-106
- 11. High Stakes in Ohio
- pp. 107-118
- 12. Get an Agreement or Shut It Down
- pp. 119-135
- 13. Richard Holbrooke
- pp. 136-140
- Part 3. Bosnia: Military Stability
- pp. 141-142
- 14. A President’s Commitment
- pp. 143-150
- 15. Getting Started
- pp. 151-154
- 16. Two Conditions
- pp. 155-157
- 17. International Donors
- pp. 158-167
- 18. Hard Choices
- pp. 168-172
- 19. No Easy Prey
- pp. 173-175
- 20. Wrestling an Alligator
- pp. 176-189
- 21. Impact
- pp. 190-192
- Part 4. Kosovo: War and Independence
- pp. 193-194
- 22. A Land of Violence and Fear
- pp. 195-207
- 23. Prelude to War
- pp. 208-223
- 24. Madeleine’s War
- pp. 224-233
- 25. Midwife to a Nation
- pp. 234-247
- 26. Independence
- pp. 248-254
- Part 5. Macedonia: The Ohrid Agreement
- pp. 255-256
- 27. A War or a Nation?
- pp. 257-261
- 28. Pop-up Insurgency
- pp. 262-276
- 29. Leo-Pard
- pp. 277-284
- 30. Fury in Skopje
- pp. 285-299
- 31. On the Banks of an Ancient Lake
- pp. 300-313
- 32. The Long Struggle
- pp. 314-323
- 33. Turning Point
- pp. 324-334
- 34. Crisis Management
- pp. 335-346
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 347-348
- Bibliography
- pp. 375-376
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