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The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1991-1995
First published in 2001. The main focus of this book is on a particular the internal military political history of the war in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In other words, it examines the actual policies of the military and political leaderships in those two countries, and the ways in which those policies were formed or deformed by political purposes, strategic aims and military logistical constraints. It is a topic central to any proper understanding of how and why the war developed as it did.
432 pages, Paperback
First published November 12, 2001
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January 8, 2022
This is a conference about the wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina turned into a book divided in 5 parts.
The war in Croatia
The war in Bosnia
The (non-)response of the "international community"
Anti-war sentiment in Serbia
An extremely detailed chronology from 1991 to 1995
This is an essential read for anyone interested in these wars. Though it does go into quite some detail about certain topics that may be a little too much to grasp at first. The reason for that is the way the first three sections are structured. There's basically speeches/presentations turned to essays that cover the wars from many different perspectives as they are written by international scholars/journalists and ex-yugoslav historians, scholars, professors, politicians and generals. Politicians and generals that had leading positions in the respective countries and their armed forces. Each of the first three sections concludes with a 'Discussions' chapter which is basically like a transcript from the conference.
There is an incredible amount of detailed information and analysis as well as important insights in this book. Though each essay obviously comes with its author's viewpoint and therefore ideology. The sections about the international response that are written by non-yugoslav/international 'experts' make this especially clear as they are far more willing to look at it in a forgiving way. Needless to say there are varying degrees of analysis rooted in a materialist outlook here and most if not all the authors here are not marxists. This book is more valuable for the information provides than for the analysis it has to offer - for the most part.
The war in Croatia
The war in Bosnia
The (non-)response of the "international community"
Anti-war sentiment in Serbia
An extremely detailed chronology from 1991 to 1995
This is an essential read for anyone interested in these wars. Though it does go into quite some detail about certain topics that may be a little too much to grasp at first. The reason for that is the way the first three sections are structured. There's basically speeches/presentations turned to essays that cover the wars from many different perspectives as they are written by international scholars/journalists and ex-yugoslav historians, scholars, professors, politicians and generals. Politicians and generals that had leading positions in the respective countries and their armed forces. Each of the first three sections concludes with a 'Discussions' chapter which is basically like a transcript from the conference.
There is an incredible amount of detailed information and analysis as well as important insights in this book. Though each essay obviously comes with its author's viewpoint and therefore ideology. The sections about the international response that are written by non-yugoslav/international 'experts' make this especially clear as they are far more willing to look at it in a forgiving way. Needless to say there are varying degrees of analysis rooted in a materialist outlook here and most if not all the authors here are not marxists. This book is more valuable for the information provides than for the analysis it has to offer - for the most part.
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