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Tables of Contents for War-torn Bosnia
The Causes of War
Chapter Preface30
2
Ethnic Pride, Ethnic Hatred
J. P.32
4
A student from Yugoslavia describes the renaissance of ethnic pride that eventually led to war in his homelandThe War According to Serbs
Florence Hamlish Levinsohn36
9
A Serbian journalist argues that Bosnian Serbs were waging war in Bosnia simply to regain land that was stolen from them under the recent communist regime. She also claims that accusations about Serbian war crimes were exaggerated by the mediaThe War According to Croats
Warren Zimmermann45
5
A U.S. ambassador interviews Croatia's president, who declares his right to divide up Bosnia with the Serbs. He claims that Bosnian Muslims present a worldwide threat and argues that Bosnia is not a real countryThe War According to Muslims
Peter Maass50
8
An American war correspondent in Bosnia reports that Muslim resistance to Serb domination was understandable. He claims that Muslims were merely trying to protect themselves from annihilationAtrocities
Chapter Preface57
1
Massacre at Stupni Do
Anthony Loyd58
6
A British journalist and photographer describes the destruction of a Bosnian village and its inhabitants by the Bosnian Croat ArmyRape as a Weapon of War
Roy Gutman64
8
An American journalist interviews Muslim rape victims and learns that the Bosnian Serb Army used Systemized rape as a way to demoralize MuslimsThe White House
Rezak Hukanovic72
8
A Bosnian prisoner of war recounts beatings he received at the hands of Serbs in the torture chamber called the White HouseThe Siege of Sarajevo
Chapter Preface79
1
The Death of an Idea
Ed Vulliamy80
6
A journalist explains why Sarajevans refused to abandon their city to the Bosnian Serbs. Residents of the city saw it as a symbol of the multicultural harmony that Bosnians hoped to establish throughout their countryCity of Terror
Elma Softic86
6
A young woman who lived through the siege of Sarajevo describes her feelings of grief and anger over the deaths and terrible destruction caused by the warA Child's View of War
Zlata Filipovic92
9
The diary entries of an eleven-year-old girl describe everyday life in the besieged city and recount the author's sense of a lost childhoodSarajevo Wounded
Ellen Blackman101
9
An American writer and photographer recalls her visit to the Sarajevo State Hospital. She describes the horrible conditions under which the medical staff worked to try to save patients who had been injured by sniper fire, shrapnel, and mortar shellsThe Media
Chapter Preface108
2
The Media Saved Sarajevo
David Rieff110
5
The international media was right to side against the Bosnian Serbs, according to an American journalist who covered the war in Bosnia. He argues that someone had to help the Bosnian government since the United Nations would notMedia Propaganda
Phillip Corwin115
7
A peacekeeper for the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia describes the criticism he endured from the international media. He claims that the media was unethical and unfair in its coverage of the warWhy Would Serb Radio Lie?
Peter Maass122
6
Serbs believed everything that their government told them over the radio, according to an American journalist covering the war in Bosnia. In an interview with two Serbian women, the reporter learns how willingly the Serbian people accepted untruths about their Muslim neighborsSarajevo Free Press
Zlatko Dizdarevic128
6
A Bosnian journalist working in Sarajevo during the siege explains why the bombing of the newspaper building would not stop his newspaper from going to press with stories about Serbian atrocitiesThe World's Response
Chapter Preface132
2
Failing to Avert Disaster
Richard Holbrooke134
11
The U.S. assistant secretary of state and chief architect of the Dayton Accords describes his failed efforts to get the United States involved at the start of the Bosnian war. Had the United States intervened earlier, he argues, war might have been avertedThe United States Was Wrong to Bomb the Serbs
Phillip Corwin145
6
A veteran of the United Nations believes that the United States should have helped the Serbs negotiate with the Muslims before the war rather than bomb them three years later. He claims that Bosnian Serbs had legitimate concerns that should have been acknowledgedBlindness in the West
Roger Cohen151
7
The Balkans bureau chief for the New York Times argues that people have become anesthetized by the constant bombardment of media images and are no longer moved by photographs of war. Furthermore, willful blindness enables nations to avoid their responsibilities to other countries in crisis, such as Bosnia during the warPreserving Peace Was the Right Thing to Do
Bill Clinton158
10
The president of the United States at the time of the Bosnian war explains why U.S. involvement in the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia was necessary. As the world's leader in protecting liberty and civil rights, the United States has an obligation to help Bosnians recover from the warKeeping the Peace
Jeff Stinchcomb168
8
An American soldier stationed in Bosnia after the war describes how Bosnians have reacted to the foreign peacekeeping force established there as a result of the Dayton Accords. He claims that Bosnian Serbs resent foreign intrusion while other Bosnians appreciate the help
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