Reconstruction and peace building in the Balkans : the Brčko experience /

In the tense aftermath of the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, U.S. diplomat Bill Farrand was assigned the daunting task of implementing the Dayton Peace Accords in the ethnically divided Balkan territory of Brcko. This compelling narrative pulls the reader intimately into the author's world where, over...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Farrand, Robert William, 1934-
Other Authors: Frendak-Blume, Allison
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011.
Series:ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
Subjects:
Peace-building > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Brčko.
Postwar reconstruction > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Brčko.
Consolidation de la paix > Bosnie-Herzégovine > Brčko.
Reconstruction d'après-guerre > Bosnie-Herzégovine > Brčko.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Peace-building
Postwar reconstruction
Bosnia and Herzegovina > Brčko
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the tense aftermath of the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, U.S. diplomat Bill Farrand was assigned the daunting task of implementing the Dayton Peace Accords in the ethnically divided Balkan territory of Brcko. This compelling narrative pulls the reader intimately into the author's world where, over three tumultuous but successful years, he was given wide authority to restore travel across former ceasefire lines, return thousands to their destroyed and confiscated homes, conduct free and fair elections, and reestablish multiethnic government bodies & mdash;all in a climate of fear and obstruction. Fa.
Physical Description:1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-278) and index.
ISBN:9781442212374
1442212373
1280658231
9781280658235

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