From indifference to entrapment : the Netherlands and the Yugoslav crisis, 1990-1995 / Norbert Both.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Both, Norbert, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Participation, Dutch.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Netherlands--Foreign relations--Yugoslavia.

Netherlands.

Yugoslavia--Foreign relations--Netherlands.

Yugoslavia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A detailed analysis of the response to the Yugoslav crisis by one of America's key allies in NATO. The author focuses on the question of how a Western bureaucracy faced up to the most complex foreign policy challenge of the 1990s. The Netherlands, as a 'pocket-sized medium power', is an interesting case study. While the margins for Dutch foreign policy are limited, fate had it that the Netherlands occupied the European presidency during the second half of 1991, when the recognition issue divided the West and the parameters for the subsequent international intervention in the Balkans were set. By July 1995, the involvement of the Netherlands had deepened to the extent that Dutch troops who found themselves trapped in the UN safe area of Srebrenica together with the local Muslim population were unable to prevent the worst massacre in Europe since the Second World War.This study is based on interviews with all the major players, including two former Defence Ministers and two former Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and on documents from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made available under the country's own 'freedom of information act'.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Chronology

Introduction

1 The Netherlands And Its Foreign Policy System

2 An Emerging Challenge, July 1990 - June 1991

3 From 'Even-Handedness' To 'Selectiveness', July -December 1991

4 Moral And Political Entrapment

5 Military Entrapment

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index Of Names

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).

Bibliography p. 243-256.

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9786610958702

9781280958700

1280958707

9789048505012

9048505011

9780585495330

0585495335

OCLC:

614664474