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Military assistance to Bosnian forces was part of a complex plan to resolve what one former Secretary of State called “the problem from hell.” When Yugoslavia began to disintegrate in the early 1990s following the Soviet Union’s demise, it released a mix of nationalist and ethnic movements that led to civil war. Ill-disciplined combinations of regular and irregular forces struggled to control territory and protect civilians, sometimes herding them toward ethnically homogenous enclaves in a process widely referred to as “ethnic cleansing.” The intentional displacement of civilian populations, often encouraged by atrocities including mass murder and rape, was a tragic and complex foreign policy problem that defied simple and easy solutions.
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
3-2014
Publisher
National Defense University Press
City
Washington, DC
Recommended Citation
Lamb, Christopher J.; Arkin, Sarah; and Scudder, Sally, "The Bosnian Train and Equip Program: A Lesson in Interagency Integration of Hard and Soft Power" (2014). INSS Strategic Perspectives. 28.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/inss-strategic-perspectives/28