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- catalog abstract ""A critical year in the history of peacekeeping, 1995 saw the dramatic transformation of the role of United Nations's forces in Bosnia from being a protective force to being an active combatant under NATO leadership. Phillip Corwin, the UN's chief political officer in Sarajevo during the summer of that year, presents a first-person, insider's account of the momentous events that led to that transformation. Dubious Mandate interweaves personal experiences of daily life in a war zone - supply shortages, human suffering, assassination attempts, corruption - with historical facts, as Corwin challenges commonly held views of the war with his own highly informed, political commentary." "Sympathetic to the UN's achievements, yet skeptical of its acquiescence to the use of military force, Corwin is critical both of the Bosnian government's tactics for drawing NATO into the conflict and of NATO's eagerness to make peace by waging war. Corwin also offers insightful portraits of some of the leading players in the Bosnian drama, including Yasushi Akashi, the UN's top official in the former Yugoslavia in 1994-95; General Rupert Smith, the British commander in Sarajevo in 1995; and Hasan Muratovic, a future Bosnian prime minister."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11198096.
- catalog coverage "Bosnia and Hercegovina History 1992-".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""A critical year in the history of peacekeeping, 1995 saw the dramatic transformation of the role of United Nations's forces in Bosnia from being a protective force to being an active combatant under NATO leadership. Phillip Corwin, the UN's chief political officer in Sarajevo during the summer of that year, presents a first-person, insider's account of the momentous events that led to that transformation. Dubious Mandate interweaves personal experiences of daily life in a war zone - supply shortages, human suffering, assassination attempts, corruption - with historical facts, as Corwin challenges commonly held views of the war with his own highly informed, political commentary." "Sympathetic to the UN's achievements, yet skeptical of its acquiescence to the use of military force, Corwin is critical both of the Bosnian government's tactics for drawing NATO into the conflict and of NATO's eagerness to make peace by waging war. Corwin also offers insightful portraits of some of the leading players in the Bosnian drama, including Yasushi Akashi, the UN's top official in the former Yugoslavia in 1994-95; General Rupert Smith, the British commander in Sarajevo in 1995; and Hasan Muratovic, a future Bosnian prime minister."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 268 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Dubious mandate.".
- catalog identifier "0822321262 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dubious mandate.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Durham : Duke University Press,".
- catalog relation "Dubious mandate.".
- catalog spatial "Bosnia and Hercegovina History 1992-".
- catalog spatial "Bosnia and Hercegovina.".
- catalog spatial "Bosnia and Herzegovina.".
- catalog subject "949.703 21".
- catalog subject "DR1313.3 .C67 1999".
- catalog subject "United Nations Bosnia and Hercegovina.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Bosnia and Herzegovina.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Protection Force History.".
- catalog subject "Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Bosnia and Hercegovina.".
- catalog subject "Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina.".
- catalog title "Dubious Mandate : a memoir of the UN in Bosnia, summer 1995 / Phillip Corwin.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".