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Conversations with Miloševic is a firsthand portrayal of the so-called Butcher of the Balkans, the Serbian president whose ambitions sparked the Bosnian conflict. At its heart the book is a portrait of an autocrat who rode the tiger of nationalism to serve his own ends and to promote those who furthered his agenda. The architect of ethnic cleansing in modern Europe, Slobodan Miloševic created and sponsored two Frankenstein's monsters, Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadžic, who were also indicted for war crimes.
Through these personalities, diplomat and political advisor Ivor Roberts analyzes the unfolding of the Kosovo conflict, which directly sowed the seeds of radicalization in Europe today. He contends that this conflict later provided a false template for the Bush/Blair administrations' illegal invasion of Iraq: regime change under the guise of a humanitarian war. He further investigates how international recognition of Kosovoin the years after the conflict in breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions set a disastrous precedent for the Russian annexation of Crimea.
Through these personalities, diplomat and political advisor Ivor Roberts analyzes the unfolding of the Kosovo conflict, which directly sowed the seeds of radicalization in Europe today. He contends that this conflict later provided a false template for the Bush/Blair administrations' illegal invasion of Iraq: regime change under the guise of a humanitarian war. He further investigates how international recognition of Kosovoin the years after the conflict in breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions set a disastrous precedent for the Russian annexation of Crimea.
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"This intriguing and informative book will serve not only as an explanation of why Yugoslavia disintegrated, and why it did so with such violence, but it will also open areas of debate on those processes which will be of interest and value to historians, as well as students of politics and international relations."
Richard Crampton, Emeritus Professor of East European History, St. Edmund Hall, University
"This is an exciting and original take on the politics of a global city, one which effortlessly combines queer and post-colonial theories to show how the intimate politics of heteronormativity are central to the making of the Singaporean city-state. As well as being a vital intervention in the broad field of critical Singapore studies, it represents a significant step forward in world cities resea
James Ker-Lindsay
"A valuable book, and captures very well the bizarre, lawless atmosphere of Miloševic's and the Serb Arkan's paramilitary city."
James Pettifer, professor, St. Cross College, University of Oxford