The Balkans After the Cold War: From Tyranny to Tragedy (Outcast Europe)

At the end of the Cold War, the Balkan states of South East Europe were in crisis. They had emerged from two decades of hardline communism with their economies in disarray and authoritarian leaders poised to whip up nationalist feelings so as to cling on to power. The break up of Yugoslavia followed in 1991along with prolonged instability in Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. The Balkans After The Cold War analyses these turbulent events, which led to violence on a scale not seen in Europe for nearly fifty years, and offers a detailed critique of Western policy towards the region. This volume follows on from the recently published Outcast Europe: The Balkans, 1789 - 1989 - from the Ottomans to Milosevic , also by Tom Gallagher. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Series......Page 3 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 1 Challenges and crises after the communist era......Page 16 2 The international dimension of the escalating crisis in Yugoslavia......Page 40 3 The war in Croatia and the countdown to the Bosnian conflict, July 1991-May 1992......Page 61 4 Genocide and dispossession in Bosnia and the international response......Page 87 5 The Bosnian endgame......Page 120 6 International intervention in the Balkans, 1995-7......Page 155 7 Authoritarian rule in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia......Page 182 Conclusion......Page 197 Notes......Page 205 Bibliography......Page 220 Index......Page 230 At the end of the Cold War, the Balkan states of South East Europe were in crisis. They had emerged from two decades of hardline communism with their economies in disarray and authoritarian leaders poised to whip up nationalist feelings so as to cling on to power. The break up of Yugoslavia followed in 1991 along with prolonged instability in Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. The Balkans After The Cold War analyzes these turbulent events, which led to violence on a scale not seen in Europe for nearly 50 years and offers a detailed critique of Western policy towards the region. This volume follows on from the recently published Outcast Europe: The Balkans, 1789 - 1989 - from the Ottomans to Milosevic, also by Tom Gallagher. Challenges and crises after the communist era The international dimension of the escalating crisis in Yugoslavia The war in Croatia and the countdown to the Bosnian conflict, July 1991-May 1992 Genocide and dispossession in Bosnia and the international response The Bosnian endgame : survival amidst tragedy and international rancour International intervention in the Balkans 1995-7 : limited goals and capabilities Authoritarian rule in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia. 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