Bosnia's Forgotten Battlefield: Bihac by Brendan O'shea

Bosnia's Forgotten Battlefield: Bihac by Brendan O'shea

Twenty years ago, the term ‘ethnic cleansing’ entered the common lexicon. The terrible events that took place in the UN ‘safe haven’ at Bihac in North-west Bosnia between 1992 and 1995 represent the Bosnian conflict in microcosm. Muslim fought all factions of Serb, Muslim fought Muslim, and the Croats interfered. As an EC Monitoring Mission Observer, author Brendan O’Shea was not only an eye witness to the horrific war crimes committed by all sides but also had access to both EU and UN official documents. As such he was perfectly placed to unravel the deceit, the politicking and the struggle for power that led to tragedy and suffering for hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children. The names Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic – both on trial at The Hague –Slobodan Milosevic, Alija Izetbegovic and Franjo Tudjman have become synonymous with the worst excesses perpetrated during the war in Bosnia. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of that conflict.

Peter Cottrell is currently a serving Army officer in the British Army. He recently completed an MA thesis on the Royal Irish Constabulary and is hoping to read a PhD on policing during the Anglo-Irish War. He lives in Wiltshire.

Michael McNally was born, raised and educated in London. Of Irish parentage (one from each side of the border) Michael has had an active interest in Irish history, and military history in particular, from boyhood.

Brendan O'Shea is a serving officer in the Irish Army, and has recently completed the Command & Staff Course at the Military College, Co Kildare. He is the author of Crisis at Bihac and edited In The Service of Peace.

Gerry White is a serving Irish Army officer and co-author of The Barracks. Together with Brendan O'Shea, he has written several articles for An Cosantoir, the Irish defence forces magazine.

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ISBN 13	9780752465951
ISBN 10	0752465953
Title	Bosnia's Forgotten Battlefield: Bihac
Author	Brendan O'shea
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The History Press Ltd
Year published	2012-03-01
Number of pages	288
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