hirihiri123
13 maart 2007, 19:06
The logic of the war in Bosnia
The war in Bosnia (and Croatia) in the 1990's had a logical structure. Much of it is only apparent when considering the ethics of the war, and it is ignored by historians. Nevertheless it is possible to construct a model of the war, which explains some apparently incompatible features. Similar issues arose in all the wars following the break-up of Yugoslavia, and similar issues will arise in any future western interventions related to the disintegration of large states. However the model distinguishes the war in Bosnia from war in Afghanistan or Iraq, where a different logic of intervention applies. Revised December 2002, minor changes and map, May 2006.
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The logic of the war in Bosnia can be seen at three separate levels, which are not in chronological order. The central element is the 'western' intervention, an intervention by liberal market-democratic nation states. It had the purpose of establishing liberal market-democratic nation states on the territory of former Yugoslavia and Albania. In long-term historical perspective the liberal market-democratic nation states are engaged in a global war of conquest, to impose a global order of similar states. The intervention which ended the hostilities - IFOR enforcing the Dayton accords - also partly caused the hostilities.
Lees verder:http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/bosnia.html
The war in Bosnia (and Croatia) in the 1990's had a logical structure. Much of it is only apparent when considering the ethics of the war, and it is ignored by historians. Nevertheless it is possible to construct a model of the war, which explains some apparently incompatible features. Similar issues arose in all the wars following the break-up of Yugoslavia, and similar issues will arise in any future western interventions related to the disintegration of large states. However the model distinguishes the war in Bosnia from war in Afghanistan or Iraq, where a different logic of intervention applies. Revised December 2002, minor changes and map, May 2006.
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The logic of the war in Bosnia can be seen at three separate levels, which are not in chronological order. The central element is the 'western' intervention, an intervention by liberal market-democratic nation states. It had the purpose of establishing liberal market-democratic nation states on the territory of former Yugoslavia and Albania. In long-term historical perspective the liberal market-democratic nation states are engaged in a global war of conquest, to impose a global order of similar states. The intervention which ended the hostilities - IFOR enforcing the Dayton accords - also partly caused the hostilities.
Lees verder:http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/bosnia.html