U.S. Policy Toward the Demise of Yugoslavia: The “Virus of Nationalism"
U.S. Policy Toward the Demise of Yugoslavia: The “Virus of Nationalism"
Author(s): Paula Franklin LytleSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Nationalism Studies, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: demise of Yugoslavia; US policy toward Yugoslavia; declaration of independence of Yugoslav states; stability; ethnic conflicts; civil war; Slobodan Milošević; Milošević’s aggression; nationalism;
Summary/Abstract: The demise of Yugoslavia has occasioned much handwringing and no small amount of confusion among U.S. policymakers. Declarations of independence first by Slovenia and Croatia and then by Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia were disregarded, and the war itself was marginalized. Until May 1992 the concern for "stability" manifested itself chiefly in admonitions and the subsuming of the war under the category of "ethnic conflicts." The reluctance to identify Milosevic's aggression as the proximate cause, the omission of any assessment of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), and the balancing of Serb and Croat nationalism in an equation of hate followed from this posture. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 06/1992
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 303-318
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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