- Summary
- Worlds Apart tells of a well-meaning foreign policy establishment often deaf to the voices of everyday people. Its focus is the Bosnian War, but its implications extend to any situation that prompts the consideration of military intervention on humanitarian grounds. Ambassador Swanee Hunt served in Vienna during the Bosnian War and was intimately involved in American policy toward the Balkans. During her tenure as ambassador and after, she made scores of trips throughout Bosnia, and the rest of the former Yugoslavia, attempting to understand the costly delays in foreign military intervention. To that end, she had hundreds of conversations with a wide range of politicians, refugees, journalists, farmers, clergy, aid workers, diplomats, soldiers, and others. In Worlds Apart, Hunt's eighty vignettes alternate between those living out the war and "the internationals" deciding whether or how to intervene. From these stories, most of which she herself witnessed, she draws lessons applicable to conflicts throughout the world. These lessons cannot be learned from afar, Hunt says, with insiders and outsiders working apart. Only by bridging those worlds can we build a stronger paradigm of inclusive international security.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Hunt, Swanee.
- Published
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2011
- Locale
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Srebrenica
Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
United States
- Contents
-
Inside : "Esteemed Mr. Carrington"
Outside : a convenient euphemism
Inside : angels and animals
Outside : Carter and conscience
Inside : "If I left, everyone would flee"
Outside : none of our business
Inside : Silajdžić
Outside : unintended consequences
Inside : the bread factory
Outside : elegant tables
Inside : the unspeakable
Outside : the politics of rape
Inside : an unlikely soldier
Outside : happy Fourth of July
Inside : women on the side
Outside : contact sport
Inside : an artificial war
Outside : clashes
Inside : crossing the fault line
Outside : "The truth about Goražde"
Inside : loyal
Outside : Pentagon sympathies
Inside : family friends
Outside : extremists
Inside : family ties
Outside : federation
Inside : school days
Outside : forces and counterforces
Inside : blood
Outside : trade-offs
Inside : grim lullaby
Outside : security and cooperation
Inside : Sarajevo Cinderella
Outside : failure at Srebrenica
Inside : Magbula's parrot
Outside : the accident
Inside : boys pretending
Outside : bombs and bluffs
Inside : side by side
Outside: decisions at Dayton
Inside : morning has broken
Outside : waiting for Christmas
Inside : Serb exodus
Outside : refugees in Austria
Inside : refugees at the residence
Outside : diplobabble
Inside : displaced
Outside : sowing and reaping
Inside : Banja Luka bitterness
Outside : war criminals
Inside : uncatchable
Outside : evenhanded
Inside : no justice in Srebrenica
Outside : the tribunal
Inside : waiting for the truth
Outside : intelligence and political will
Inside : professor, perpetrator, president
Outside : the fourth warring party
Inside : city signs
Outside : out of step
Inside : by a thread
Outside : missing
Inside : surviving the peace
Outside : press tour
Inside : organized for action
Outside : Lyons
Inside : "What's an NGO"?
Outside : skewed
Inside : a league of their own
Outside : "With all due respect"
Inside : Beethoven's Fifth
Outside : "Neither free nor fair"
Inside : Sarajevo red
Outside : re-leaf
Inside : watermelons
Outside Arizona
Inside : three hundred gold coins
Outside : mistrust in Mostar
Inside : new bridges
Outside : Air Force One
Bridging : six lessons: Test truisms; question stereotypes; find out-of-power allies; appreciate domestic dynamics; find fault; embrace responsibility.
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index.
Inside : "Esteemed Mr. Carrington" -- Outside : a convenient euphemism -- Inside : angels and animals -- Outside : Carter and conscience -- Inside : "If I left, everyone would flee" -- Outside : none of our business -- Inside : Silajdžić -- Outside : unintended consequences -- Inside : the bread factory -- Outside : elegant tables -- Inside : the unspeakable -- Outside : the politics of rape -- Inside : an unlikely soldier -- Outside : happy Fourth of July -- Inside : women on the side -- Outside : contact sport -- Inside : an artificial war -- Outside : clashes -- Inside : crossing the fault line -- Outside : "The truth about Goražde" -- Inside : loyal -- Outside : Pentagon sympathies -- Inside : family friends -- Outside : extremists -- Inside : family ties -- Outside : federation -- Inside : school days -- Outside : forces and counterforces -- Inside : blood -- Outside : trade-offs -- Inside : grim lullaby -- Outside : security and cooperation -- Inside : Sarajevo Cinderella -- Outside : failure at Srebrenica -- Inside : Magbula's parrot -- Outside : the accident -- Inside : boys pretending -- Outside : bombs and bluffs -- Inside : side by side -- Outside: decisions at Dayton -- Inside : morning has broken -- Outside : waiting for Christmas -- Inside : Serb exodus -- Outside : refugees in Austria -- Inside : refugees at the residence -- Outside : diplobabble -- Inside : displaced -- Outside : sowing and reaping -- Inside : Banja Luka bitterness -- Outside : war criminals -- Inside : uncatchable -- Outside : evenhanded -- Inside : no justice in Srebrenica -- Outside : the tribunal -- Inside : waiting for the truth -- Outside : intelligence and political will -- Inside : professor, perpetrator, president -- Outside : the fourth warring party -- Inside : city signs -- Outside : out of step -- Inside : by a thread -- Outside : missing -- Inside : surviving the peace -- Outside : press tour -- Inside : organized for action -- Outside : Lyons -- Inside : "What's an NGO"? -- Outside : skewed -- Inside : a league of their own -- Outside : "With all due respect" -- Inside : Beethoven's Fifth -- Outside : "Neither free nor fair" -- Inside : Sarajevo red -- Outside : re-leaf -- Inside : watermelons -- Outside Arizona -- Inside : three hundred gold coins -- Outside : mistrust in Mostar -- Inside : new bridges -- Outside : Air Force One -- Bridging : six lessons: Test truisms; question stereotypes; find out-of-power allies; appreciate domestic dynamics; find fault; embrace responsibility.
