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Genocide in Bosnia The Policy of "Ethnic Cleansing" by Norman Cigar |
With the Jewish Holocaust etched in people's memories, how could genocide happen again? Does fierce nationalism necessarily lead to mass murder?
In this study, Norman Cigar provides the first scholarly study of genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina, arguing that it is neither the unintentional result of civil war nor the unfortunate by-product of rabid nationalism. Genocide is, he contends, the planned and direct consequence of conscious policy decisions made by the Serbian establishment in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Its policies were carried out in a deliberate and systematic manner as part of a broader strategy intended to achieve a defined political objective—the creation of an expanded, ethnically pure Greater Serbia.
Using testimony from congressional hearings, policy statements, interviews, and reports from the western and local media, the author describes a policy of victimization that escalated from vilification to threats, then expulsion, torture, and killing. Cigar also takes the international community to task for its reluctance to act decisively and effectively.
Genocide in Bosnia provides a detailed account of the historical events, actions, and practices that led to and legitimated genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It not only focuses attention on the horror of "ethnic cleansing" and the calculated strategy that allowed it to happen but also offers some interesting solutions to the problem.
"This brilliant book . . . is a major contribution to the understanding of the grim realities of that war."—Chris Cviic, International Affairs (UK)
" . . . an excellent and long overdue theoretical framework for the understanding of Serbian policies in Bosnia and Croatia since 1991. . . ."—Brendan Simms, The Historical Journal
NORMAN CIGAR received his Ph.D. from Oxford University. He has served as professor of national security studies at the U.S. Marine Corps School of Advanced Warfighting in Quantico, Virginia, and senior analyst for the Army staff at the Pentagon.
Number One: Eastern European Studies
Genocide in Bosnia
+ ISBN 1-58544-004-3 paper $24.95
LC 94-32948. 6x9. 264 pp. 7 line drawings. 1 map. 2 tables. 3 apps. Index.
Eastern European Studies. International History.
Publication Date: April 1995.
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