In this volume, Charles R. Shrader offers the first full-scale 
military history of a crucial conflict in Bosnia between two former 
allies. When the Bosnian Serbs and their Serbian allies attacked 
Bosnia-Herzegovina in March 1992, the Bosnian Croats and 
Muslims collaborated to defend themselves. As Serbian pressure 
increased and it became clear that the West would not intervene, 
the two allies began to stake out their own claims.

    Drawing from cases presented before the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Shrader describes the 
organization and tactical doctrine of the Croatian Defense Forces 
and the Muslim-led Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He analyzes the 
strengths and weaknesses of the two sides in such fields as 
communications, training, and logistics.

    Far from being the attackers, Shrader concludes, the Bosnian 
Croats in Central Bosnia were clearly outnumbered, outgunned, 
and on the defensive.

    Although Shrader’s work is a meticulous analysis by a neutral 
expert, not everyone will find his conclusions comfortable. But 
every serious student of the conflict in Bosnia will have to take his 
history into account. 

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CHARLES R. SHRADER, who lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 
retired from the U.S. Army in 1987 after teaching at West Point, 
the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, and 
the Army War College.


Number Twenty-three: Eastern European Studies