The wars of Yugoslav dissolution and Britain's role in shaping western policy 1991-1995 / Emel G. Osmançavuşoğlu.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PART ONE: DISSOLUTION OF YUGOSLA VIA 7 i. The National Question in Yugoslavia 9 1. The First Yugoslavia 9 2. Tito's Yugoslavia and the National Question 12 II. The Rise of Serbian Nationalism and Its Repercussions 17 1. The Serbian Memorandum 17 2. Milosevic's Irresistible Rise and Kosovo Campaign 19 III. Slovenian Resentment and Assertion of Political Sovereignty .21 IV. Croatian Resentment and Reviva1 of Croatian Nationalism 22 V. The Fast Slide into War 25 PART TWO: ERUPTION OF W AR AND SHAPING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATTITUDE 29 i. Slovenian and Croatian Declarations of Independence and War in Yugoslavia ..29 1. Initial International Responses to the Crisis 30 2. Evaluation of the EC's Enthusiasm 39 II. The JNA Attack and the War in Croatia 43 III. The EC Conference: Lord Carrington's Plan 48 IV. Recognition of Slovenia and Croatia 54 1. Badinter Commission, Sovereignty and Self-determination: The Case of Yugoslavia.. 57 2. Britain's Reaction to Germany's Early Recognition of Croatia and Slovenia .60 PART THREE: THE OUTBREAK OF W AR IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND INTERNATIONAL INVOL VEMENT .63 i. Before the Deluge: Preparations for the Carve-up of Bosnia 63 1. Land of Three Peoples: The National Composition and PolitieaI Situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina 63 2. Bosnia-Herzegovina in Search of Reeognition 69 II. Before the Deluge: The Lisbon Conferenee and Plans for 'Cantonisation' 70 III. The Outbreak of War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 74 IV. International Involvement in the Bosnian War: The EC and the UN 80 V. Ethnie Cleansing .82 PART FOUR: BRITISH RESPONSE TO THE W AR IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA .89 i. Britain's Perception of the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 89 1. HistoricaI Dimensions of Pro-Serbian Sentiment in Britain 92 2. British Aetions in the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 100 II. 'Everyone is a Loser': The London Conferenee 107 PART FIVE: BOSNIAN PEACE PROCESS: ANGLO-AMERICAN RIFTS 117 i. International Conferenee on Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) and the Vanee-Owen Plan 1 17 II. Anglo-Ameriean Rifts: US Opposition to the Vanee-Owen Plan ...126 III. The Breaking of the Muslim-Croat Allianee 1 31 IV. The Fall of the Vanee-Owen Plan 1 32 V. Creation of the UN 'Safe Areas' 137 VI. The 'Joint Aetion Group' and the 'Joint Aetion Plan' 140 VII. Beyond the Vanee-Owen Plan: British AttitudeTowards Partition 142 1. Owen-Stoltenberg Plan (lnvincible Plan) 143 2. The European Union Action Plan 150 PART SIX: THE CHANGING TIDE OF W AR IN 1994 AND BRITISH POLICY 153 i. Situation at the Beginning of 1994 153 II. The Market Square Bomb and British Opposition to Air Strikes 157 III. The Washington Accords: Creation of the Bosniak-Croat Federation 163 IV. The Gorazde Debac1e 167 _ V. Britain, Russia, the US and the Contact Group 174 VI. 'Lift and Strike': The Big Line of Confrontation between the US and Britain 180 1. US Opposition to the Arms Embargo 181 2. British Opposition to NATO Air Strikes 185 VII. Converging Approaches to Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina 188 PART SEVEN: TOWARDS THE ENDGAME: BRITISH POLICY ON THE ROAD TO DAYTON 193 i. Reversal of the Tide: Bosnia and Croatia and the Offensive 193 II. The Changing Phase of International Involvement 201 III. The Fall of the UN 'Safe Areas': Srebrenica Massacre 209 IV. Croatian August Offensive and Fall of Serb Krajina 215 V. US Diplomatic Engagement: "The 'Holbrooke Plan' 217 VI. The Endgame and Beginning of the Peace Process 221 VII. Dayton Peace Agreement and the British Position 225 CONCLUSION 233 BIBLIOGRAPHY 241