Peacemakers: American Leadership and the End of Genocide in the Balkans (Studies In Conflict Diplomacy Peace)
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081317435X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 370 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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James W. Pardew was at the heart of US national policymaking throughout the humanitarian crises in the Balkans from Richard Holbrooke's negotiations on Bosnia in 1995 until the independence of Kosovo in 2008. Prior to his diplomatic service, he spent twenty-seven years in the US Army as an intelligence officer. He also led Balkan task forces for the Secretaries of Defense and State and served as a policy advisor at NATO. Ambassador Pardew was t
In a detailed narrative, he shows how Richard Holbrooke and the US envoys who followed him helped to stop or prevent vicious wars in Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. Shocked, the United States quickly launched a diplomatic intervention supported by military force that ultimately brought peace to the new nations created when Yugoslavia disintegrated. The violence escalated to the point of genocide when, over the course of ten days in July 1995, Serbian troops under the command of General Ratko Mladic murdered 8,000 unarmed men and boys who had sought refuge at a UN safe-haven in Srebrenica. The wars that accompanied the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s were the deadliest European conflicts since World War II. A deadly accident near Sarajevo in 1995 thrust James Pardew into the center of efforts to stop the fighting in Bosnia. Peacemakers is the first inclusive history
Anderson, California State University, Monterey Bay . "Americans can be glad Ambassador James Pardew was, as he describes it in this insightful book, 'drawn to the Balkans.' As readers will discover here, Jim Pardew contributed repeatedly and consequentially to the causes of peace and justice in what was once a much more violent part of Europe. Herring, author of The American Century and Beyond: U.S. And the lessons Jim learned, clearly catalogued at the end, are as compelling as the story of his diplomacy."Marc Grossman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs"Soldier-diplomat James Pardew skillfully employs the tools of memoirist and historian to construct an engaging account of America's vital role in the Balkan Wars of 1995-2008