Yugoslavia Unraveled

Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Intervention

Edited by Raju G. C. Thomas

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Publication date:

13 October 2003

Length of book:

406 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780585454993

Unlike many of the works on the Yugoslav wars written during and just after the crisis, Yugoslavia Unraveled delves beyond 'who did what to whom' to examine underlying issues regarding the sources of religious nationalism and inter-ethnic conflict, the territorial integrity and sovereignty of states, and the principle of self-determination and the right of secession from an existing state. This volume raises essential questions pertaining to the legality and morality of military intervention by external powers without U.N. sanction, and to nation-building by outside powers in war-devastated territories. The book also explores the nature of media propaganda in times of war. Editor Raju G. C. Thomas and the prominent contributors provide fresh views and alternative explanations for the unraveling of a sovereign independent state following the end of the Cold War and in a world without countervailing power.

Chapter 1 Prologue: Making War, Peace and History
Chapter 2 Nations, States and Nationalism
Chapter 3 Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Secession: Principles and Practice
Chapter 4 The Future of Nationalisms
Chapter 5 Religion and War: Fault Lines in the Balkan Enigma
Chapter 6 Transnational Causes of Genocide: Or How the West Inadvertantly Exacerbates Ethnic Conflict
Chapter 7 Economic Aspects of Yugoslavia's Disintegration
Chapter 8 International Policy in Southeastern Europe: A Diagnosis
Chapter 9 Wars, War Crimes and International Law
Chapter 10 Wars, Humanitarian Intervention and International Law: Perceptions and Reality
Chapter 11 The Use of Refugees as Political and Military Weapons in the Kosovo Conflict
Chapter 12 Propoganda System One: From Diem and Abrenz to Milosevic
Chapter 13 Biased Justice: Human Rights and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Chapter 14 Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage and International Criminal Law
Chapter 15 Intervention in Ethnic Civil Wars and Exit Strategies: Lessons from South Asia 16 Reflections on the Yugoslav Wars: A Peacekeeper's Perspective

Yugoslavia Unraveled should be required reading for the enthusiasts of humanitarian U.S. interventionism and for the policy-makers who have prematurely declared the Balkan tragedy a 'success story.' The contributors to this compendium offer solid evidence that highlights the inherent dangers of using ethnic stereotyping as a substitute for the rule of law....