Word: bosnia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...revitalization of such an old topic of debate reflects in part the anxiety in this country over the often ineffective and sometimes disastrous American involvement in the genocidal civil wars of Bosnia and Kosovo. Such wars imply an overarching instability not just in the world but in "civilized," predominantly white Europe, with which many Americans feel a strong affinity. These wars have also shown that the U.S. can't fix everything that goes awry in the world, and in fact, often makes the situation worse. While this is a blow to our national pride and foreign policy, nothing compares...
...believe there is a high probabilitythat external air power can deal effectively andconclusively with a failed state. That's thesituation we faced in Bosnia and Kosovo and earlierin Vietnam," he said...
...evening began with two 20-minute speeches by Charles Crawford, a Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WFCIA) fellow and former British ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Col. Michael W. Alvis, another WFCIA fellow and former military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army...
...BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA...
...very hard if you've been in Bosnia not to think Milosevic is a pretty horrible guy," he said...