Peacemakers : American leadership and the end of genocide in the Balkans /

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Author / Creator:Pardew, James W. (James William), 1944- author.
Imprint:Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2018]
©2018
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11759484
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ISBN:9780813174365
0813174368
9780813174372
0813174376
081317435X
9780813174358
9780813174358
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:'Peacemakers' is a candid, inside account of the US response to the disintegration of Yugoslavia by James Pardew, an official at the heart of American policy-making, diplomacy, and military operations, from the US-led negotiations on Bosnia in 1995 until Kosovo declared independence in 2008. The text describes in colorful detail the drama of war and diplomacy in the Balkans and the motives, character, talents, and weaknesses of the heroes and villains involved.
Other form:Print version: Pardew, James W. Peacemakers : American leadership and the end of genocide in the Balkans. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2018 xv, 406 pages Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace. 9780813174358
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Welcome to the Balkans
  • 2. Fools and Madmen
  • 3. The Inconvenient War
  • 4. Genocide
  • 5. Death on a Balkan Mountain
  • 6. The Godfather
  • 7. Lifting the Siege
  • 8. A Certain Kind of Technology
  • 9. Sarajevo
  • 10. The Last Shuttle
  • 11. High Stakes in Ohio
  • 12. Get in Agreement or Shut It Down
  • 13. Richard Holbrooke
  • 14. A President's Commitment
  • 15. Getting Started
  • 16. Two Conditions
  • 17. International Donors
  • 18. Hard Choices
  • 19. No Easy Prey
  • 20. Wrestling an Alligator
  • 21. Impact
  • 22. A Land of Violence and Fear
  • 23. Prelude to War
  • 24. Madeleine's War
  • 25. Midwife to a Nation
  • 26. Independence
  • 27. A War or a Nation?
  • 28. Pop-Up Insurgency
  • 29. Leo-Pard
  • 30. Fury in Skopje
  • 31. On the Banks of an Ancient Lake
  • 32. The Long Struggle
  • 33. Turning Point
  • 34. Crisis Management