Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Introduction xi
6. The Various Faiths in the History of Bosnia: Middle Ages to the Present 3
7. Islam and the Quest for Identity in Post-Communist Bosnia-Herzegovina 24
8. Medieval Cemeteries as Sites of Memory: The Poetry of Mak Dizdar 35
9. The Construction of Islam in Serbian Religious Mythology and Its Consequences 56
10. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Chosen Trauma and Its Transgenerational Transmission 86
11. From the Ashes: The Past and Future of Bosnia’s Cultural Heritage 98
12. Turning Points: Key Decisions in Making Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia 136
13. The Dayton Accord Elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1996 148
14. No Fire in a Vacuum: Distraction, Disinterest, Distortion, and Disunity in Formulating Western Policy towards the Former Yugoslavia 161
15. Bosnia: Some Policy Dilemmas 176
16. Peacekeeping with No Peace to Keep: The Failure of Canadian Foreign Policy in Bosnia 183
17. References 213