Worlds Apart : Bosnian Lessons for Global Security / Swanee Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Swanee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Military campaigns.

Military history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 262 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Worlds Apart

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Worlds Apart tells of a well-meaning foreign policy establishment often deaf to the voices of everyday people. Its focus is the Bosnian War, but its implications extend to any situation that prompts the consideration of military intervention on humanitarian grounds. Ambassador Swanee Hunt served in Vienna during the Bosnian War and was intimately involved in American policy toward the Balkans. During her tenure as ambassador and after, she made scores of trips throughout Bosnia, and the rest of the former Yugoslavia, attempting to understand the costly delays in foreign military intervention. To that end, she had hundreds of conversations with a wide range of politicians, refugees, journalists, farmers, clergy, aid workers, diplomats, soldiers, and others. In Worlds Apart, Hunt's eighty vignettes alternate between those living out the war and "the internationals" deciding whether or how to intervene. From these stories, most of which she herself witnessed, she draws lessons applicable to conflicts throughout the world. These lessons cannot be learned from afar, Hunt says, with insiders and outsiders working apart. Only by bridging those worlds can we build a stronger paradigm of inclusive international security.

Contents:

Inside : "Esteemed Mr. Carrington"Outside : a convenient euphemismInside : angels and animalsOutside : Carter and conscienceInside : "If I left, everyone would flee"Outside : none of our businessInside : SilajdžićOutside : unintended consequencesInside : the bread factoryOutside : elegant tablesInside : the unspeakableOutside : the politics of rapeInside : an unlikely soldierOutside : happy Fourth of JulyInside : women on the sideOutside : contact sportInside : an artificial warOutside : clashesInside : crossing the fault lineOutside : "The truth about Goražde"Inside : loyalOutside : Pentagon sympathiesInside : family friendsOutside : extremistsInside : family tiesOutside : federationInside : school daysOutside : forces and counterforcesInside : bloodOutside : trade-offsInside : grim lullabyOutside : security and cooperationInside : Sarajevo CinderellaOutside : failure at SrebrenicaInside : Magbula's parrotOutside : the accidentInside : boys pretendingOutside : bombs and bluffsInside : side by sideOutside: decisions at DaytonInside : morning has brokenOutside : waiting for ChristmasInside : Serb exodusOutside : refugees in AustriaInside : refugees at the residenceOutside : diplobabbleInside : displacedOutside : sowing and reapingInside : Banja Luka bitternessOutside : war criminalsInside : uncatchableOutside : evenhandedInside : no justice in SrebrenicaOutside : the tribunalInside : waiting for the truthOutside : intelligence and political willInside : professor, perpetrator, presidentOutside : the fourth warring partyInside : city signsOutside : out of stepInside : by a threadOutside : missingInside : surviving the peaceOutside : press tourInside : organized for actionOutside : LyonsInside : "What's an NGO"?Outside : skewedInside : a league of their ownOutside : "With all due respect"Inside : Beethoven's FifthOutside : "Neither free nor fair"Inside : Sarajevo redOutside : re-leafInside : watermelonsOutside ArizonaInside : three hundred gold coinsOutside : mistrust in MostarInside : new bridgesOutside : Air Force OneBridging : six lessons: Test truisms; question stereotypes; find out-of-power allies; appreciate domestic dynamics; find fault; embrace responsibility.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781478090953

1478090952