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77. INSIDE: Three Hundred Gold Coins
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Swanee Hunt
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Author’s Note xi
- Map of Yugoslavia xii
- Prologue xiii
- Acknowledgments xix
- Context xxi
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Part I: War
- Sarajevo’s Olympic soccer field, once the site of throngs cheering for elite athletes, now hosted silent and crude markers for the dead. 1
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Section 1: Officialdom
- 1. INSIDE: “Esteemed Mr. Carrington” 3
- 2. OUTSIDE: A Convenient Euphemism 4
- 3. INSIDE: Angels and Animals 8
- 4. OUTSIDE: Carter and Conscience 10
- 5. INSIDE: “If I Left, Everyone Would Flee” 12
- 6. OUTSIDE: None of Our Business 15
- 7. INSIDE: Silajdžić 17
- 8. OUTSIDE: Unintended Consequences 18
- 9. INSIDE: The Bread Factory 19
- 10. OUTSIDE: Elegant Tables 21
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Section 2: Victims or Agents?
- 11. INSIDE: The Unspeakable 24
- 12. OUTSIDE: The Politics of Rape 26
- 13. INSIDE: An Unlikely Soldier 28
- 14. OUTSIDE: Happy Fourth of July 30
- 15. INSIDE: Women on the Side 34
- 16. OUTSIDE: Contact Sport 35
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Section 3: Deadly Stereotypes
- 17. INSIDE: An Artificial War 37
- 18. OUTSIDE: Clashes 38
- 19. INSIDE: Crossing the Fault Line 39
- 20. OUTSIDE: “The Truth about Goražde” 41
- 21. INSIDE: Loyal 43
- 22. OUTSIDE: Pentagon Sympathies 46
- 23. INSIDE: Family Friends 48
- 24. OUTSIDE: Extremists 50
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Section 4: Fissures and Connections
- 25. INSIDE: Family Ties 55
- 26. OUTSIDE: Federation 56
- 27. INSIDE: School Days 59
- 28. OUTSIDE: Forces and Counterforces 63
- 29. INSIDE: Blood 66
- 30. OUTSIDE: Trade-offs 68
- 31. INSIDE: Grim Lullaby 71
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Section 5: The End Approaches
- 32. OUTSIDE: Security and Cooperation 73
- 33. INSIDE: Sarajevo Cinderella 76
- 34. OUTSIDE: Failure at Srebrenica 77
- 35. INSIDE: Magbula’s Parrot 82
- 36. OUTSIDE: The Accident 85
- 37. INSIDE: Boys Pretending 87
- 38. OUTSIDE: Bombs and Bluffs 88
- 39. INSIDE: Side by Side 90
- 40. OUTSIDE: Decisions at Dayton 92
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Part II : Peace
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Section 6: After Dayton
- 41. INSIDE: Morning Has Broken 97
- 42. OUTSIDE: Waiting for Christmas 99
- 43. INSIDE: Serb Exodus 101
- 44. OUTSIDE: Refugees in Austria 103
- 45. INSIDE: Refugees at the Residence 105
- 46. OUTSIDE: Diplobabble 107
- 47. INSIDE: Displaced 107
- 48. OUTSIDE: Sowing and Reaping 110
- 49. INSIDE: Banja Luka Bitterness 113
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Section 7: Imperfect Justice
- 50. OUTSIDE: War Criminals 117
- 51. INSIDE: Uncatchable 122
- 52. OUTSIDE: Evenhanded 124
- 53. INSIDE: No Justice in Srebrenica 127
- 54. OUTSIDE: The Tribunal 129
- 55. INSIDE: Waiting for the Truth 131
- 56. OUTSIDE: Intelligence and Political Will 135
- 57. INSIDE: Professor, Perpetrator, President 137
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Section 8: International Inadequacies
- 58. OUTSIDE: The Fourth Warring Party 142
- 59. INSIDE: City Signs 144
- 60. OUTSIDE: Out of Step 147
- 61. INSIDE: By a Thread 149
- 62. OUTSIDE: Missing 151
- 63. INSIDE: Surviving the Peace 153
- 64. OUTSIDE: Press Tour 154
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Section 9: Women’s Initiative
- 65. INSIDE: Organized for Action 157
- 66. OUTSIDE: Lyons 160
- 67. INSIDE: “What’s an NGO?” 164
- 68. OUTSIDE: Skewed 166
- 69. INSIDE: A League of Their Own 168
- 70. OUTSIDE: “With All Due Respect” 171
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Section 10: Recreating Community
- 71. INSIDE: Beethoven’s Fifth 173
- 72. OUTSIDE: “Neither Free Nor Fair” 176
- 73. INSIDE: Sarajevo Red 178
- 74. OUTSIDE: Re-leaf 180
- 75. INSIDE: Watermelons 182
- 76. OUTSIDE: Arizona 183
- 77. INSIDE: Three Hundred Gold Coins 185
- 78. OUTSIDE: Mistrust in Mostar 191
- 79. INSIDE: New Bridges 192
- 80. OUTSIDE: Air Force One 194
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Bridging: Six Lessons from Bosnia
- Introduction 199
- 1. Test Truisms 200
- 2. Question Stereotypes 206
- 3. Find Out-of- Power Allies 211
- 4. Appreciate Domestic Dynamics 216
- 5. Find Fault 222
- 6. Embrace Responsibility 226
- Epilogue 235
- Notes 239
- Index 253
- About the Authors 265
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- Author’s Note xi
- Map of Yugoslavia xii
- Prologue xiii
- Acknowledgments xix
- Context xxi
-
Part I: War
- Sarajevo’s Olympic soccer field, once the site of throngs cheering for elite athletes, now hosted silent and crude markers for the dead. 1
-
Section 1: Officialdom
- 1. INSIDE: “Esteemed Mr. Carrington” 3
- 2. OUTSIDE: A Convenient Euphemism 4
- 3. INSIDE: Angels and Animals 8
- 4. OUTSIDE: Carter and Conscience 10
- 5. INSIDE: “If I Left, Everyone Would Flee” 12
- 6. OUTSIDE: None of Our Business 15
- 7. INSIDE: Silajdžić 17
- 8. OUTSIDE: Unintended Consequences 18
- 9. INSIDE: The Bread Factory 19
- 10. OUTSIDE: Elegant Tables 21
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Section 2: Victims or Agents?
- 11. INSIDE: The Unspeakable 24
- 12. OUTSIDE: The Politics of Rape 26
- 13. INSIDE: An Unlikely Soldier 28
- 14. OUTSIDE: Happy Fourth of July 30
- 15. INSIDE: Women on the Side 34
- 16. OUTSIDE: Contact Sport 35
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Section 3: Deadly Stereotypes
- 17. INSIDE: An Artificial War 37
- 18. OUTSIDE: Clashes 38
- 19. INSIDE: Crossing the Fault Line 39
- 20. OUTSIDE: “The Truth about Goražde” 41
- 21. INSIDE: Loyal 43
- 22. OUTSIDE: Pentagon Sympathies 46
- 23. INSIDE: Family Friends 48
- 24. OUTSIDE: Extremists 50
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Section 4: Fissures and Connections
- 25. INSIDE: Family Ties 55
- 26. OUTSIDE: Federation 56
- 27. INSIDE: School Days 59
- 28. OUTSIDE: Forces and Counterforces 63
- 29. INSIDE: Blood 66
- 30. OUTSIDE: Trade-offs 68
- 31. INSIDE: Grim Lullaby 71
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Section 5: The End Approaches
- 32. OUTSIDE: Security and Cooperation 73
- 33. INSIDE: Sarajevo Cinderella 76
- 34. OUTSIDE: Failure at Srebrenica 77
- 35. INSIDE: Magbula’s Parrot 82
- 36. OUTSIDE: The Accident 85
- 37. INSIDE: Boys Pretending 87
- 38. OUTSIDE: Bombs and Bluffs 88
- 39. INSIDE: Side by Side 90
- 40. OUTSIDE: Decisions at Dayton 92
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Part II : Peace
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Section 6: After Dayton
- 41. INSIDE: Morning Has Broken 97
- 42. OUTSIDE: Waiting for Christmas 99
- 43. INSIDE: Serb Exodus 101
- 44. OUTSIDE: Refugees in Austria 103
- 45. INSIDE: Refugees at the Residence 105
- 46. OUTSIDE: Diplobabble 107
- 47. INSIDE: Displaced 107
- 48. OUTSIDE: Sowing and Reaping 110
- 49. INSIDE: Banja Luka Bitterness 113
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Section 7: Imperfect Justice
- 50. OUTSIDE: War Criminals 117
- 51. INSIDE: Uncatchable 122
- 52. OUTSIDE: Evenhanded 124
- 53. INSIDE: No Justice in Srebrenica 127
- 54. OUTSIDE: The Tribunal 129
- 55. INSIDE: Waiting for the Truth 131
- 56. OUTSIDE: Intelligence and Political Will 135
- 57. INSIDE: Professor, Perpetrator, President 137
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Section 8: International Inadequacies
- 58. OUTSIDE: The Fourth Warring Party 142
- 59. INSIDE: City Signs 144
- 60. OUTSIDE: Out of Step 147
- 61. INSIDE: By a Thread 149
- 62. OUTSIDE: Missing 151
- 63. INSIDE: Surviving the Peace 153
- 64. OUTSIDE: Press Tour 154
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Section 9: Women’s Initiative
- 65. INSIDE: Organized for Action 157
- 66. OUTSIDE: Lyons 160
- 67. INSIDE: “What’s an NGO?” 164
- 68. OUTSIDE: Skewed 166
- 69. INSIDE: A League of Their Own 168
- 70. OUTSIDE: “With All Due Respect” 171
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Section 10: Recreating Community
- 71. INSIDE: Beethoven’s Fifth 173
- 72. OUTSIDE: “Neither Free Nor Fair” 176
- 73. INSIDE: Sarajevo Red 178
- 74. OUTSIDE: Re-leaf 180
- 75. INSIDE: Watermelons 182
- 76. OUTSIDE: Arizona 183
- 77. INSIDE: Three Hundred Gold Coins 185
- 78. OUTSIDE: Mistrust in Mostar 191
- 79. INSIDE: New Bridges 192
- 80. OUTSIDE: Air Force One 194
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Bridging: Six Lessons from Bosnia
- Introduction 199
- 1. Test Truisms 200
- 2. Question Stereotypes 206
- 3. Find Out-of- Power Allies 211
- 4. Appreciate Domestic Dynamics 216
- 5. Find Fault 222
- 6. Embrace Responsibility 226
- Epilogue 235
- Notes 239
- Index 253
- About the Authors 265