The Serbian project and its adversaries : a strategy of war crimes / James Gow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gow, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Strategy.

Yugoslavia--Military policy.

Yugoslavia.

Serbia--History--1992-.

Serbia.

Milošević, Slobodan, 1941-2006.

Milošević, Slobodan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : map

Place of Publication:

London : C. Hurst, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The book is based on extensive research, which contributed to and benefited from the author's work as an expert adviser and expert witness for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, using a variety of sources including interviews, official documentation, and material he introduced into evidence at the Tribunal. Its point of departure is the importance of this empirical material to the need legally to establish jurisdiction before evidence of specific crimes can be considered in cases at The Hague tribunal, and of the conceptual distinction between acts of war on the one hand, and war crimes and crimes against humanity on the other. James Gow argues that the Serbian strategy at the heart of the war was in essence criminal - a strategy of war crimes. Despite this, an understanding of the strategic context might even, controversially, mitigate charges against the accused in some cases."--Jacket

Contents:

Introduction: Strategy and crime Political and historical background The means: armed forces- the life, death and life after death of the JNA The means: capability and calculation- the superiority syndrome and the Gulf Conflict Means and ends: the strategy of ethnic cleansing The ends: the quest for new borders The ends: the quest for new borders in the west- Bosnia and Hercegovina The ends: the quest for old borders in the south- Kosovo The neighborhood adversaries: aims, strategies and operations The international adversaries: aims, strategy and operations Conclusion: Means, ends and justice

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-7030-6

OCLC:

243614097