- Summary
- "Between April 1992 and December 1995, more than 100,000 people were killed in the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The terrible atrocities committed in this period have been much discussed and studied and many prosecuted as acts of genocide or war crimes. But so far, the academic scholarship has focused on the role of the military in these events. This has come at the expense of considering the police's role, which Nielsen here demonstrates as crucial. Nielsen traces the origins of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina to the police and associated paramilitary groups. Nielsen makes this ground-breaking case by drawing on a host of confidential archival sources, academic research and practical experience as a widely cited expert witness in the most notorious of the war crimes tribunals. His innovative new history sheds light on wider issues regarding the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Balkan wars and the region today"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Nielsen, Christian Axboe, 1973- author.
- Published
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022
- Locale
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Contents
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From elections to war : the police and the purposeful destruction of Bosnia
The police and the forcible seizure of power
Search, detain, destroy : ethnic cleansing, expulsions and police concentration camps
Of red berets and plausible deniability : Serbia's support for the RS MUP
The Bosnian Serb police, ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide in Srebrenica, 1993-1995
Epilogue. The Bosnian Serb police and negative peace in Dayton Bosnia.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
From elections to war : the police and the purposeful destruction of Bosnia -- The police and the forcible seizure of power -- Search, detain, destroy : ethnic cleansing, expulsions and police concentration camps -- Of red berets and plausible deniability : Serbia's support for the RS MUP -- The Bosnian Serb police, ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide in Srebrenica, 1993-1995 -- Epilogue. The Bosnian Serb police and negative peace in Dayton Bosnia.
