Table of Contents

Preface Washington's Mindset Toward the Yugoslav Conflict Prelude to War: A History of Ethnic Tension (up to 1990) Yugoslav Ethnic Strife Emerges Amid Post-Cold War Changes (1990 to 1992) Ethnic Conflict Spreads to Bosnia-Hercegovina (October 1991 to mid-1992) War of Words, at Full Force (June to December 1992) Push Toward Intervention (December 1992 to February 1994) War of Force: U.S. Intervention in Bosnia (February 1994 to November 1995) War of Influence: Dayton and Beyond (November 1995 to 1998) Washington Fans the Flames of War in Kosovo (1998 to 1999) Appendices Notes Index

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A never before presented critique of Washington and the U.S. media in shaping American actions toward the Yugoslav conflict, including the Kosovo crisis.

About the Author

DANIELLE S. SREMAC is a Balkans expert and Director of the Institute for Balkan Affairs in Washington, D.C. As a visible commentator on Yugoslav issues, she has appeared on hundreds of televison and radio programs in the United States and internationally. She represented Serbian-Americans throughout the 1990s. Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, she also provides first-hand knowledge of ethnic relations and life in Yugoslavia, which had such a profound effect on the country's civil war.