TY - BOOK AU - Osmançavuşoğlu,Emel G. ED - SAM (Center) TI - The wars of Yugoslav dissolution and Britain's role in shaping western policy 1991-1995 T2 - SAM papers SN - 1302-3845 AV - DR1307 .O75 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Ankara PB - Center for Strategic Research KW - Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 KW - Yugoslavia KW - History KW - 1980-1992 KW - Bosnia and Hercegovina KW - 1992- N1 - 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 ER -