Woodward served as a senior advisor to the top UN official in the former Yugoslavia in 1994, and as a special representative of UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. She analyzes the collapse of Yugoslavia into nationalist regimes and explains what can be learned from outsiders' responses to the crisis, arguing that focusing on ethnic hatreds was a way to avoid the central problem of the disintegration of political and civil order. Includes a list of UN resolutions and presidential statements on Yugoslavia 1991-95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Despite its apparent focus on current events--the civil war in Bosnia--this massive study brilliantly dissects the disintegration of Yugoslavia as a reflection of the changed international environment in the post-Cold War era. With extensive firsthand experience in Yugoslavia, the author weaves a penetrating analysis of the internal and external developments that shaped the tragedy in Bosnia: the pre-civil war stability and harmony of a multicultural society; the collapse of Yugoslavia; the dynamics of self-determination and the political manipulation of nationalism; the critical role of economic factors and in particular the politics of transforming a socialist society to a market economy; the events leading to the civil war; the flawed Western and UN intervention; and, finally, the disintegrating international order that actually exacerbated internal tensions. With compelling and insightful analysis, this book presents a devastating indictment of the illusory notion of a post-Cold War "New World Order." In fact, the Bosnian conflict can be directly linked to a fundamental failure in the West to understand either the issues or the impact of its responses. This tragic failure, the author indicates, is not limited to Yugoslavia: similar potential crises elsewhere will not be resolved until the fundamental issues are better understood. Herein lies the great value of this exceptional book. All levels. P. Vannicelli University of Massachusetts at Boston From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

The Brookings Institution	p. v
Foreword	p. vii
Chapter 1 Introduction	p. 1
Chapter 2 The Bases of Prewar Stability	p. 21
Chapter 3 The Politics of Economic Reform and Global Integration	p. 47
Chapter 4 Escalation	p. 82
Chapter 5 Interrupted Democratization: the Path to War	p. 114
Chapter 6 Western Intervention	p. 146
Chapter 7 The Right to National Self-Determination	p. 199
Chapter 8 War: Building States from Nations	p. 223
Chapter 9 Stopping the Bosnian War	p. 273
Chapter 10 The Dynamic of Disintegration and Nationalist War	p. 333
Chapter 11 Conclusion	p. 374
Appendix United Nations Security Council Resolutions and Presidential Statements on Yugoslavia, September 1991 to January 1995	p. 401
Notes	p. 425
Index	p. 521

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