The Road to the Dayton Accords: A Study of American StatecraftThe intricate diplomacy that led to the peace agreement in Bosnia, known as the Dayton Accords, is here revealed in unprecedented detail. Based on thousands of still-classified government documents and dozens of interviews with key participants, this is a comprehensive story of high-level diplomacy, told from the inside. |
Contents
America and the Bosnia Nightmare | 1 |
MayJuly 1995 | 11 |
The Endgame Strategy | 31 |
The First Shuttle Mt Igman and Operation Deliberate Force | 47 |
The Patriarch Letter and NATO Bombing | 63 |
NATOs Campaign Ends the Western Offensive Continues | 80 |
The New York Agreement and a Ceasefire | 99 |
A Deal with Russia A Decision on IFOR | 115 |
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