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_b.O75 2000
100 1 _aOsmançavuşoğlu, Emel G.
245 1 4 _aThe wars of Yugoslav dissolution and Britain's role in shaping western policy 1991-1995 /
_cEmel G. Osmançavuşoğlu.
264 1 _aAnkara :
_bCenter for Strategic Research,
_c2000.
300 _avi, 264 pages :
_billustrations, maps, ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aSAM papers ;
_vno 1/2000
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tTABLE OF CONTENTS
_tINTRODUCTION 1
_tPART ONE: DISSOLUTION OF YUGOSLA VIA 7
_t i. The National Question in Yugoslavia 9
_t 1. The First Yugoslavia 9
_t 2. Tito's Yugoslavia and the National Question 12
_tII. The Rise of Serbian Nationalism and Its Repercussions 17
_t 1. The Serbian Memorandum 17
_t 2. Milosevic's Irresistible Rise and Kosovo Campaign 19
_tIII. Slovenian Resentment and Assertion
_t of Political Sovereignty .21
_tIV. Croatian Resentment and Reviva1 of Croatian Nationalism 22
_tV. The Fast Slide into War 25
_t
_tPART TWO: ERUPTION OF W AR AND
_tSHAPING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATTITUDE 29
_t
_t i. Slovenian and Croatian Declarations of Independence and
_t War in Yugoslavia ..29
_t 1. Initial International Responses to the Crisis 30
_t 2. Evaluation of the EC's Enthusiasm 39
_tII. The JNA Attack and the War in Croatia 43
_tIII. The EC Conference: Lord Carrington's Plan 48
_tIV. Recognition of Slovenia and Croatia 54
_t 1. Badinter Commission, Sovereignty and Self-determination:
_t The Case of Yugoslavia.. 57
_t 2. Britain's Reaction to Germany's Early Recognition of
_t Croatia and Slovenia .60
_t
_tPART THREE: THE OUTBREAK OF W AR IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND INTERNATIONAL
_tINVOL VEMENT .63
_t i. Before the Deluge: Preparations for the Carve-up of Bosnia 63
_t 1. Land of Three Peoples: The National Composition and
_t PolitieaI Situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina 63
_t 2. Bosnia-Herzegovina in Search of Reeognition 69
_tII. Before the Deluge: The Lisbon Conferenee and
_t Plans for 'Cantonisation' 70
_t III. The Outbreak of War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 74
_tIV. International Involvement in the Bosnian War:
_t The EC and the UN 80
_t V. Ethnie Cleansing .82
_t
_tPART FOUR: BRITISH RESPONSE TO THE W AR IN
_tBOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA .89
_t
_ti. Britain's Perception of the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 89
_t 1. HistoricaI Dimensions of Pro-Serbian Sentiment in Britain 92
_t2. British Aetions in the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina 100
_tII. 'Everyone is a Loser': The London Conferenee 107
_t
_tPART FIVE: BOSNIAN PEACE PROCESS:
_tANGLO-AMERICAN RIFTS 117
_t
_t i. International Conferenee on Former Yugoslavia (ICFY)
_t and the Vanee-Owen Plan 1 17
_t II. Anglo-Ameriean Rifts: US Opposition to the
_t Vanee-Owen Plan ...126
_tIII. The Breaking of the Muslim-Croat Allianee 1 31
_tIV. The Fall of the Vanee-Owen Plan 1 32
_t V. Creation of the UN 'Safe Areas' 137
_tVI. The 'Joint Aetion Group' and the 'Joint Aetion Plan' 140
_tVII. Beyond the Vanee-Owen Plan:
_t British AttitudeTowards Partition 142
_t
_t1. Owen-Stoltenberg Plan (lnvincible Plan) 143
_t2. The European Union Action Plan 150
_t
_tPART SIX: THE CHANGING TIDE OF W AR IN 1994
_tAND BRITISH POLICY 153
_t
_t i. Situation at the Beginning of 1994 153
_t II. The Market Square Bomb and
_t British Opposition to Air Strikes 157
_tIII. The Washington Accords: Creation of the
_t Bosniak-Croat Federation 163
_tIV. The Gorazde Debac1e 167 _
_t V. Britain, Russia, the US and the Contact Group 174
_tVI. 'Lift and Strike': The Big Line of Confrontation
_t between the US and Britain 180
_t 1. US Opposition to the Arms Embargo 181
_t 2. British Opposition to NATO Air Strikes 185
_tVII. Converging Approaches to Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina 188
_t
_tPART SEVEN: TOWARDS THE ENDGAME: BRITISH
_tPOLICY ON THE ROAD TO DAYTON 193
_t i. Reversal of the Tide: Bosnia and
_t Croatia and the Offensive 193
_t II. The Changing Phase of International Involvement 201
_t III. The Fall of the UN 'Safe Areas': Srebrenica Massacre 209
_t IV. Croatian August Offensive and Fall of Serb Krajina 215
_t V. US Diplomatic Engagement: "The 'Holbrooke Plan' 217
_t VI. The Endgame and Beginning of the Peace Process 221
_tVII. Dayton Peace Agreement and the British Position 225
_t
_tCONCLUSION 233
_tBIBLIOGRAPHY 241
650 0 _aYugoslav War, 1991-1995.
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651 0 _aYugoslavia
_xHistory
_y1980-1992.
651 0 _aBosnia and Hercegovina
_xHistory
_y1992-
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