Peacemakers : American leadership and the end of genocide in the Balkans / James W. Pardew.

Includes index.

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Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Welcome to the Balkans -- 2 Fools and Madmen -- 3 The Inconvenient War -- 4 Genocide -- 5 Death on a Balkan Mountain -- 6 The Godfather -- 7 Lifting the Siege -- 8 A Certain Kind of Technology -- 9 Sarajevo -- 10 The Last Shuttle -- 11 High Stakes in Ohio -- 12 Get an Agreement or Shut It Down -- 13 Richard Holbrooke -- 14 A Presidentâ#x80;#x99;s Commitment -- 15 Getting Started -- 16 Two Conditions -- 17 International Donors -- 18 Hard Choices -- 19 No Easy Prey

20 Wrestling an Alligator21 Impact -- 22 A Land of Violence and Fear -- 23 Prelude to War -- 24 Madeleineâ#x80;#x99;s War -- 25 Midwife to a Nation -- 26 Independence -- 27 A War or a Nation? -- 28 Pop-up Insurgency -- 29 Leo-Pard -- 30 Fury in Skopje -- 31 On the Banks of an Ancient Lake -- 32 The Long Struggle -- 33 Turning Point -- 34 Crisis Management -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography

'Peacemakers' is a candid, inside account of the US response to the disintegration of Yugoslavia by James Pardew, an official at the heart of American policy-making, diplomacy, and military operations, from the US-led negotiations on Bosnia in 1995 until Kosovo declared independence in 2008. The text describes in colorful detail the drama of war and diplomacy in the Balkans and the motives, character, talents, and weaknesses of the heroes and villains involved.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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