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Offered the job of succeeding David Owen as the European negotiator in Bosnia, Carl Bildt thought hard before accepting. Sustaining a coherent diplomatic initiative is exhausting and exasperating work, and the difficulties, disapp- ointments and even betrayals he suffered in the job, amply justified his hesit- ation. but the prize of seeing Bosnians beginning to put together the pieces oftheir country was a great reward. There are powerful and poignant moments, and Carl Bildt provides new inform- ation on some turning points in the Balkan saga, such as the mass killings at Srebrenica, the Croat capture of the Krajinas, and the tragic failure to preventthe Serb exodus from Sarajevo.
Hardcover: 423 pages
Publisher: Orion (February 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0297841319
ISBN-13: 978-0297841319
Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.8 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
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With his customary ambitiousness, Carl Bildt sets out to explain the war in Bosnia, and how it eventually was brought to an end. In doing this, Bildt grants himself maybe too central a role in the peace process. Bildt does not try to hide how annoying he found the Clinton administration's attempts to control the European events. The account is certainly interesting, however maybe somewhat too detailed.
"The Struggle For Peace in Bosnia" (original title: "Uppdrag: fred") is Carl Bildt's own account for his time as the UN High Representative in Bosnia. The mission at the time was to build and keep the peace in Bosnia after the war that followed the breakdown of former Yugoslavia. In his book, Bildt does not hesitate to say exactly what he thinks about indivduals and about the sometimes absurd situations he had to deal with. This goes equally for all parties in the conflict. For precisely this reason, we get a unique opportunity to follow the work required to restore peace and order after a war. Anyone who believes armed conflicts are not very complex issues will need to think again after reading this book. This book is highly urgent, given the development of conflicts in the world in the last few decades and especially after the end of the cold war.
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