| How Bosnia Armed Contributor(s): Hoare, Marko Attila (Author) |
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ISBN: 0863564518 ISBN-13: 9780863564512 Publisher: Saqi Books OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Within three and a half years of its inception, the Bosnian Army had succeeded in fighting the Serbian army to a standstill--Serbia was forced to recognize Bosnia's independence. Yet the victory was ambiguous, leaving two thirds of the country under the control of Serb and Croat extremists, while the remainder had become a predominantly Muslim Bosniak-inhabited area. Challenging the opposing stereotypes of "Islamic fundamentalism" and "multi-ethnic Bosnia" the author seeks to establish what really happened in Bosnian internal politics during the war. He shows that Bosnia-Herzegovina's war of independence was genuinely multi-national and pluralistic at its inception, but under the impact of external aggression, internal treason and international betrayal it changed into an essentially Bosnian Muslim struggle for survival. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Eastern Europe - General - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 949.742 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.66" W x 8.56" (0.73 lbs) 172 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Balkan - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Within three and a half years of its inception, the Bosnian Army succeeded in fighting the Serbian army to a standstill - Serbia was forced to recognise Bosnia's independence. Yet the victory was ambiguous, leaving two thirds of the country under the control of Serb and Croat extremists while the remainder had become a predominantly Muslim Bosniak-inhabited area. Challenging the opposing stereotypes of 'Islamic fundamentalism' and 'multi-ethnic Bosnia' the author seeks to establish what really happened in Bosnian internal politics during the war. He shows that Bosnia-Herzegovina's war of independence was genuinely multi-national and pluralistic at its inception, but under the impact of external aggression, internal treason and international betrayal it changed into an essentially Bosnian Muslim struggle for survival. |