- Summary
- "The early 1990s saw Europe's first conflict for almost 40 years when bitter fighting broke out in the former Yugoslav republic. Colonel Colm Doyle of the Irish Army found himself in the midst of this appalling civil war when in October 1991 he became first a European Community Monitor and almost immediately Head of the Monitor Mission in besieged Sarajevo. After six months he was appointed Personal Representative to Lord Carrington, Chairman of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia. In this overdue memoir, he describes his role mediating, negotiating and persuading political and military leaders of all sides to halt the seemingly inexorable path to all-out war. He arranged ceasefires, visited prisoner-of-war camps, extricated election monitors and organised hostage releases. His experiences made him a key witness at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague at the trials of Milosevic, Mladic and Karadzic. With his unprecedented access, Doyle's personal account can claim to be one of the most significant works on the brutal Bosnian War."--Publisher's description.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Doyle, Colm, author.
- Published
- Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2018
- Locale
- Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Contents
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Foreword / Martin Bell
Under the blue flag
From blue to white
Three men in a boat
Welcome to Sarajevo
A visit to Mostar
First casualties
Meeting the key players
Blockade
From soldier to diplomat
Downward spiral
Carrington comes to town
On the brink
A president is detained
An angry general
An invitation to dinner
A meeting with Milosevic
Back to Sarajevo
Breakfast reading for Karadžić
The final curtain
Witness for the prosecution.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Morrison, Kenneth, editor.
- Notes
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Foreword / Martin Bell -- Under the blue flag -- From blue to white -- Three men in a boat -- Welcome to Sarajevo -- A visit to Mostar -- First casualties -- Meeting the key players -- Blockade -- From soldier to diplomat -- Downward spiral -- Carrington comes to town -- On the brink -- A president is detained -- An angry general -- An invitation to dinner -- A meeting with Milosevic -- Back to Sarajevo -- Breakfast reading for Karadžić -- The final curtain -- Witness for the prosecution.
