A free city in the Balkans : reconstructing a divided society in Bosnia
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A free city in the Balkans : reconstructing a divided society in Bosnia
（International library of war studies, 15）
I.B. Tauris, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Following the brutal wars which raged in the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Bosnia and Herzegovina was awkwardly partitioned into two governing entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. But there was one part of the country which could not be fitted into either category: the Brcko District, a strategically critical land-bridge between the two parts of the Bosnian Serb territory. This region was the subject of a highly unusual experiment: placed under a regime of internationally supervised government, Brcko became a 'free city', evoking the memory of Trieste or Danzig over fifty years ago. What has this experiment in state-building revealed about the history of this troubled corner of the Balkans - and its future? What lessons can be applied to conflict resolution in other parts of the world? And was the experiment successful or have the citizens of Brcko suffered further at the hands of the international community? "A Free City in the Balkans" investigates the rise and fall of Brcko and post-war Bosnia and investigates what lessons can be learned for international peacekeeping missions elsewhere.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter One
Building States
Chapter Two
Bosnia and Br?ko
Chapter Three
The Tribunal's First Award
Chapter Four
The Beginnings of Supervision
Chapter Five
The "Final Award"
Chapter Six
Br?ko's political and economic development under Supervision
Chapter Seven
The tide begins to turn against Br?ko
Chapter Eight
The Decline of Supervision
Chapter Nine
What have we learned?
Epilogue
Appendix 1
A possible legal framework for the powers of a future international official
Appendix 2
Mandates of senior international and domestic officials in post-war Bosnia
Notes and References
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
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