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Reluctant Superpower: United States' policy in Bosnia, 1991-95

By:

BERT Wayne

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: St Martin's Press, 1997Description: 296pISBN:

0312172524 (pbk.):

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Summary: Explains the struggle of the Bush and Clinton administrations to fashion a coherent Bosnia policy, in terms of the nature of the war in Yugoslavia; US security and humanitarian interests; distorted US perceptions of the conflict; and factors which discouraged American intervention. Memories of Vietnam, for instance, spurred domestic opposition to the latter option. Suggests a new approach for the future, where uncertainty in foreign policy and unclear goals and strategies will be the norm.

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Explains the struggle of the Bush and Clinton administrations to fashion a coherent Bosnia policy, in terms of the nature of the war in Yugoslavia; US security and humanitarian interests; distorted US perceptions of the conflict; and factors which discouraged American intervention. Memories of Vietnam, for instance, spurred domestic opposition to the latter option. Suggests a new approach for the future, where uncertainty in foreign policy and unclear goals and strategies will be the norm.

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