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1. Bosnia and Herzegovina Geography
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2. Geography of Bosnia-Herzegovina:
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3. Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
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4. Geography of the Federation of
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5. Bosnia-Herzegovina In Pictures
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6. The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina:
 
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7. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Modern
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8. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Webster's
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9. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Webster's
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10. Biha?: Una (Sava), Bosnia and
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11. Environmental Performance Reviews:
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12. Zavidovi?i: Bosnia and Herzegovina,
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13. Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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14. Building state capacity in post-conflict
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15. Atlas of War & Peace: Bosnia
 
16. I Come from Bosnia (Don't Forget
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17. Bosnia: Civil War in Europe (Children
 
18. A Family from Bosnia (Families
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19. Divide and Fall?: Bosnia in the

1. Bosnia and Herzegovina Geography Introduction: Banovi?i, West Herzegovina Canton, Central Bosnia Canton, Kalinovik, Krupa, Lim, Posavina Canton
Paperback: 446 Pages (2010-05-30)
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Banovi?i, West Herzegovina Canton, Central Bosnia Canton, Kalinovik, Krupa, Lim, Posavina Canton, Vareš, Bosnian Podrinje Canton, Zavidovi?i, Lopare, Gacko, Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vrbas Banovina, Rakitnica, Mrkonji? Grad, Ljubuški, Živinice, Ljubinje, Bosnia Province, Ottoman Empire, Novo Sarajevo, Gradiška, Zeta Banovina, Kuljani, Kozarac, Una, East New Sarajevo, Novi Travnik, Odžak, Bosansko Grahovo, Bosanska Kostajnica, ?elinac, Rzav, Trnovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Donji Vakuf, Ilijaš, Dobreti?i, Breza, Littoral Banovina, Jezero, Laktaši, ?itluk Municipality, Research and Documentation Center in Sarajevo, Kiseljak, Trnovo Municipality Sarajevo, Rogatica, Petrovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mili?i, Drina Banovina, Isto?na Ilidža, Ribnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trnova, Po?itelj, ?ehotina, Oštra Luka, Isto?ni Mostar, Pelagi?evo, Isto?ni Drvar, Kornica, ?ajni?e, Vrelo Bosne, Blagaj, Donji Žabar, ?eli?, Miljacka, Krupa Na Uni, Herzegovina Province, Ottoman Empire, Tubolja, Han Pijesak, Osmaci, Vukosavlje, Usora Municipality, Prozor-Rama, Željeznica, Vjetrenica, Isto?ni Stari Grad, Sutjeska National Park, Fo?a-Ustikolina, Domaljevac-Šamac, Kusi?i, Zenica, Kozluk, Doboj East, Klobuk, Sarajevo-Romanija Region, So?kovac, Pale-Pra?a, Divi?, Slobomir, Novo Goražde, Amajlije, Buna Village, Drinovci, Kozara National Park, Ajvatovica, Skakavac, Hreša, Šuica, Petri?evac, Ljeskovac, Banja Luka Region, Šatorsko Lake, Orahov Do, Bay of Mali Ston, Semberija, Subdivisions of Bijeljina Municipality, Korana, Miso?a, Treskavica, Služanj, Zavala, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ruži?i, Doboj Region, Mostarska Bijela, Dubrovnik Highlands, Pozarnica, Sovi?i, Manja?a, Pliva Waterfall, ?uli?i, Gubin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fo?a Region, Lašva, Grbavica, Trebinje Regi... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4141153 ... Read more


2. Geography of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Mountain Passes of the Dinaric Alps, Postojna Gate, Josephina, Big Korab Gate, Small Korab Gate, Vratnik Pass
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Chapters: Mountain Passes of the Dinaric Alps, Postojna Gate, Josephina, Big Korab Gate, Small Korab Gate, Vratnik Pass. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Postojna Gate (Slovene: ), also Adriatic Gate and Italo-Illyrian Gate, is a major mountain pass of the Dinaric Alps. Located in Slovenia, the pass's approximately 30-kilometre (19 mi) wide saddle allows for the lowest crossing of the Dinaric Alps, at an altitude of 606 metres (1,988 ft). It is bordered to the South by the Javorniki mountain range. The gate connects the Pannonian plain, the eastern Alps, the western Balkans, and Czech territories with northern Italy and the north-eastern Adriatic coast. It is a watershed between the Adriatic and the Danubian drainage basins and takes its name from the local town of Postojna. The pass was used by a section of the Amber Road that connected the Baltic lands with the Adriatic. It has been proposed that the voyage of the Argonauts is based on the possibility to travel the Danube, the Sava, and the Ljubljanica rivers upstream, cross the Postoja Gate, and come to the Adriatic Sea downstream on the western site. The Romans well aware that their core territory was threatened by the easy access through the Postojna Gate created a network of strategic roads, castles and walls, the Claustra Alpium Iuliarum, to stop possible invaders. It was crossed by the Goths and the Huns when they invaded Italy. By about 600 AD Slavs populated the area and crossed the gate to enter the Istrian peninsula. In the middle ages a number of castles were erected among them Predjama Castle, Prem Castle, and Castle Sovi. In modern times, the gap was crossed by the Austrian Southern Railway (Südbahn), the railway that was built 1839-1857 to connect Vienna over Lubljana to Tr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26203548 ... Read more


3. Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Neretva
Paperback: 158 Pages (2010-09-15)
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Chapters: Neretva. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 156. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Neretva -The Neretva flows through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and it is the largest karst river in the Dinaric Alps in the entire eastern part of the Adriatic basin, which belongs to the Adriatic river watershed. The total length is 230 km, of which 208 km are in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the final 22 km are in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. The size of the Neretva watershed is 10,380 km in total; in Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,110 km with the addition of the Trebinjica river watershed and in Croatia 280 km. The average discharge at profile itomislii in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 233 m/s and at the mouth in Croatia is 341 m/s in addition to the Trebinjica River's 402 m/s. The Trebinjica River basin is included in the Neretva watershed due to a physical link of the two basins by the porous karst terrain. Geographically and hydrologically the Neretva is divided into three sections. Its source and headwaters gorge are situated deep in the Dinaric Alps at the base of the Zelengora and Lebrnik Mountain, under the Gredelj peak, 1,227 m.a.s.l. The first section of the Neretva courses from its source all the way to the town of Konjic; the Upper Neretva (Bosnian: ), flows from south to north - north-west as do most Bosnia and Herzegovina rivers belonging to the Danube watershed, and covers some 1,390 km with an average elevation of 1.2%. Right below Konjic, the Neretva briefly expands into a wide valley which provides fertile agricultural land. The large Jablaniko Lake was artificially formed after construction of a dam near Jablanica. The second section begins from the confluence of the Neretva and the Rama River between Konjic and Jablanica where the Neretva suddenly takes a sout...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=854002 ... Read more


4. Geography of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Krupa, Trebizat, Busko Blato, Blagaj, Vjetrenica, Buna Village, Bijambare, Skakavac
Paperback: 36 Pages (2010-09-15)
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Chapters: Krupa, Trebižat, Buško Blato, Blagaj, Vjetrenica, Buna Village, Bijambare, Skakavac, Pliva Waterfall, Vrelo Bunice, Badanj Cave, Mala Usora. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Krupa river is the Neretva left tributary and the main water current of Hutovo Blato, which leads the waters from Gornje Blato and Svitavsko lake into the Neretva river. The length of Krupa is 9 km with an average depth of 5 meters. Krupa does not have an actual source, but is actually an arm of Deransko lake. Also, the Krupa is a unique river in Europe, because the river flows both ways. It flows normally from the source to the mouth and from the mouth to the source. This happens when, due to high water level and large quantity of water, river Neretva pushes the Krupa river in opposite direction . ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22063347 ... Read more


5. Bosnia-Herzegovina In Pictures (Visual Geography. Second Series)
by Mary Englar
Library Binding: 80 Pages (2006-07-06)
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6. The Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Their Historic Development from the Middle Ages to the Dissolution of Yugoslavia, 2nd edition (Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs)
by Roy Parviz Mottahedeh
Paperback: 223 Pages (1996-09-01)
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Ranging from medieval times to the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1992, this volume concentrates on the internal development of the Muslim community in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its relations with various suzerains. This updated edition features new bibliographic material, including a new section on resources covering Eastern Europe and the former Yugoslavia available through the Internet.

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3-0 out of 5 stars Generally useful
This is a collection of articles that cover the entire span of the history of the Bosnian Muslims, although the quality of the individual contributions varies greatly. The first three articles, which go from theMiddle Ages to 1878, are unfortunately uninformative and even tedious foranyone who has already done some reading on general Balkan history, andprobably confusing and perhaps overwhelming for those who have no previousknowledge in this field. By far the best piece is the article by thisvolume's editor, Mark Pinson, which covers the period of Austro-Hungarianrule in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1878-1918) and its effects on the Muslimcommunity. This was in fact a very crucial period for the Bosnian Muslims,because as Pinson points out, it was when they first became a politicallyaware as a community, and began to seek new ways to articulate their needs.The final article by Ivo Banac, which covers the twentieth century, is agood survey of Bosnian Muslim political history, but it lacks depth, whichis disappointing given the importance of this period for understandingevents in Bosnia today. There is also a useful, if somewhat dated, appendixfor finding further resources on Bosnia, both in print and on the Web. Thisbook is, thus, a generally useful reference source, but it could and shouldhave been something much more. ... Read more


7. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Modern World Nations)
by Douglas A. Phillips
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8. Bosnia-Herzegovina: Webster's Timeline History, 1863 - 2007
by Icon Group International
Digital: 91 Pages (2010-03-10)
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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Bosnia-Herzegovina," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Bosnia-Herzegovina in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Bosnia-Herzegovina when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Bosnia-Herzegovina, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more


9. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Webster's Timeline History, 455 - 2007
by Icon Group International
Digital: 157 Pages (2009-05-01)
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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Bosnia and Herzegovina," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Bosnia and Herzegovina in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Bosnia and Herzegovina when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Bosnia and Herzegovina, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more


10. Biha?: Una (Sava), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Una- Sana Canton,Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Béla IV of Hungary,House of Frankopan, Ottoman Empire
Paperback: 92 Pages (2009-12-30)
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Biha? is a city and municipality on the river Una in thenorth-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, center of theUna-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Read more


11. Environmental Performance Reviews: Bosnia And Herzegovina
Paperback: 200 Pages (2005-04-30)
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The Environmental Performance Review of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the twentieth in the series published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The report covers twelve issues of importance to Bosnia and Herzegovina, divided into three sections, including the framework for environmental policy, management of pollution and natural resources and economic and sectoral integration. Among the issues receiving special attention are the policy, legal and institutional framework, public participation in decision-making and access to information; the use and supply of water resources, including drinking water; land use, agriculture and biodiversity; management of waste and contaminated sites, eco-tourism and energy. ... Read more


12. Zavidovi?i: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosna, Krivaja, Zenica-Doboj Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosniaks
Paperback: 104 Pages (2010-02-19)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Zavidovi?i is a town and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located between Doboj and Zenica on the confluence of rivers Bosna, Krivaja and Gostovi?. It sits in a valley surrounded by many mountains of which the largest is Klek. It is administratively part of the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Zavidovi?i is a young town that was established at the end of 19 century. The town is famous for big industrial collective for refinement of wood "Krivaja" and this is why this town's nickname is "Wood town". ... Read more


13. Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Paperback: 126 Pages (2010-08-16)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pale (Cyrillic: Пале) is a town and a municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located southeast of Bosnia's capital Sarajevo. The municipality of Pale is one of the six municipalities of the City of Istočno Sarajevo in is located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.The area of Pale always represented an important junction between east and west that is the Sarajevo Valley and the Drina River basin. There are preserved ruins of roads and building from the roman times in the neirby villages of Miosici and Ilijak. From early on this area served as a place of trade. ... Read more


14. Building state capacity in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina: The case of Brcko District [An article from: Political Geography]
by A. Jeffrey
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This digital document is a journal article from Political Geography, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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When the Dayton Peace Accords brought to an end three and a half years of conflict in Bosnia, Brcko municipality was not included in the agreement due to its strategic significance to all sides. The subsequent solution, to create a multi-ethnic District, was unique in Bosnia and involved an intensification of international intervention. Drawing on ethnographic field data, this paper examines the emergence of new local state institutions in Brcko District between 1995 and 2004. This historical narrative is divided into two: the first part examines the approach taken by the international community to resolve the dispute over Brcko municipality between 1995 and 1999. The second section draws on primary evidence to explore how these interventions have shaped local state institutions between 2000 and 2004. The paper highlights the partial successes of Brcko District, most notably high levels of refugee return and the creation of multi-ethnic institutions of governance. But these reforms have required close management by intervening agencies, provoking questions as to the sustainability of the Brcko model in the absence of international supervision. This paper therefore provides a case study of how democratization works in a specific regional setting and with careful attention to questions of power. ... Read more


15. Atlas of War & Peace: Bosnia Herzegovina
by Macmillan Publishing
Paperback: 48 Pages (1996-03)
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Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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5-0 out of 5 stars A Complicated Issue in a Nutshell
Having been to Bosnia 5 times on humanitarian missions, I found that this book was accurate in explaining the central issues. I have always been interested in the "whys" of genocide, which this article covered in a very mind-provoking way. I am suggesting that all my future trip participants get a copy of this to give them an overview of this extremely complicated part of the world.

1-0 out of 5 stars Atlas of War & Peace: Bosnia Herzegovina
This atlas may be useful for highways.Other readily available atlases and maps duplicate the other cartographic information.The text has to be updated, and the maps are useless for changes after the wars started.

2-0 out of 5 stars Largely a compilation of tourist maps and old NYTimes pieces
The articles are useful for a view of the early part of the Bosnia war, but the maps are simply taken from pre-war highway touring guide maps of Yugoslavia.They are very general and do not offer a very clear view ofthe actual Bosnian conflict.This volume is hastily constructed andextremely commercial.A truly careful Atlas, using the widely availablecensus date from the former Yugoslavia, showing the population of each townand section by group, and showing the exact position of the movinginter-ethnic boundaries during the conflict would be invaluable and isstill desperately needed. Why the editors did not take advantage of thwextraordinary census information on the public record escapes thisreviewer, but it is deeply disappointing. Volumes that do present thisvital information are available, but not on the standard U.S. markets.

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5-0 out of 5 stars A valuable tool for the Balkan travler
I purchased this work at a military exchange while deployed to Korea withthe U.S. Army.Six months later I had the occasion to put the atlas topractical use while traveling around the American sector of Bosnia &Herzegovina as an Army Broadcast Journalist.If you're going, get it. ... Read more


16. I Come from Bosnia (Don't Forget Us)
by Anita Ganeri
 Hardcover: 32 Pages (1993-10-28)

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Explores the human problems and suffering created by the political upheaval in the former Yugoslavia, through the eyes of refugees. The book examines in simple terms the reasons for displacement of people and its consequences. It also describes case studies using photographs, maps and text. ... Read more


17. Bosnia: Civil War in Europe (Children in Crisis)
by John Isaac, Keith Elliot Greenberg
Hardcover: 32 Pages (1996-09)
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A moving look at the war-ravaged people of the Balkans, caught in the bitter ethnic crossfire among Serbs, Croats, and Bosnians.

Here is a unique opportunity to experience world events through the eyes of internationally acclaimed photographer John Isaac. The stirring images of the Children In Crisis series connect you to the struggles and triumphs of children and families from the world's most troubled regions.As they take you in close, these books offer a special perspective on today's most important news headlines: they bring you the personal and emotional side of each story. Accompanying Mr. Isaac's vivid photographs are his first-person narratives. Each provides an eye-witness account of people caught in dramas and events that made history.

Grades 3Ð7; 7 1/2" x 9"; 32 pages; Over 40 color photos; Sturdy librarybinding ... Read more


18. A Family from Bosnia (Families Around the World)
by Julia Waterlow
 Hardcover: 32 Pages (1997-04-30)

Isbn: 0750220244
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In this book family life in wartorn Sarajevo is described through the eyes of the Bucalovic family who lived in a home threatened by bullets daily. It explains how they kept warm when they couldn't find any firewood for the stove and how they risked their lives just to get fresh water. This book is one of a series which uses a photo of the family outside their home with their possesions spread out for inspection. Short quotes from family members bring the personalities to life. Simple fact boxes at the start of each chapter give easy-to-grasp general information about various aspects of daily life in each country. The subject matter is suitable for National Curriculum Key Stage 1. ... Read more


19. Divide and Fall?: Bosnia in the Annals of Partition
by Radha Kumar
Hardcover: 207 Pages (1997-11)
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Divide and Fall?, the first full-length analysis of the post-Cold War revival of ethnic partition, is a major intervention in the study of international relations. Radha Kumar examines the carve-up of Bosnia, comparing it to earlier divisions of Ireland, India, Palestine and Cyprus.Amazon.com Review
Radha Kumar examines the Dayton Accords process by whichBosnia was carved up into zones of ethnic control--Serbs here, Croatsthere, Muslims in pockets between. This partition, Kumar argues,follows a procedure that had been largely abandoned until 1974, whenCyprus was bisected into zones of Greek and Turkish control. Ethnicdivision, Kumar writes, follows a lesser-of-two-evils logic: it isbetter to separate people along nationalist lines, however sketchy,than to allow them to fight out their differences.But division,though convenient for peacekeepers eager to pull out and go home, inthe end may not satisfy the combatants or introduce a realpeace. Partitions, in her view, simply do not work: as evidence, shesays, consider Palestine and the Indian subcontinent. Kumar's bookwill fuel much debate. ... Read more

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4-0 out of 5 stars Effective study of the evils of partition
This book is a study of that traditional trick of British diplomacy, partition. Dividing countries is a way of controlling them, before and after independence. The US and British states have divided Yugoslavia, then Bosnia, and now Kosovo. `Ethnic' divisions suit imperialism. Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative in Bosnia, has said that Kosovo's warring factions must be told, "Kosovo doesn't belong to either of you. It's ours. It's the new empire. It's the new colonialism done in the name of the international community."

Kumar examines other examples of partition and addresses the difficulties of reversing it. For instance, Blair's bullying tactics have now stalled the Irish peace process. He set five deadlines for implementing the Good Friday Agreement; he blustered that `there was no Plan B'. According to the Agreement, the IRA did not have to decommission its weapons: then Blair said they would, then he said they wouldn't. As long as the British Government has not set a date for withdrawal, all the Irish parties remain dependent on Britain, relating primarily to the British presence, either loving or hating the `Brits'. Once the Government sets a date, then they will all have to focus on their common task of rebuilding their beautiful country.

In an ironic reversal, partition could now be visited upon Britain; the European Union is regionalising `Euroland', to break up sovereign nation states. It fosters identity politics, puffing up cultural and regional identifications at the expense of class and national realities.

Kumar points out that the way to reverse partition is to achieve peace through development. But the US-British-EU aim of strengthening `market democracy' cuts across this goal, because it generates divisions and inequalities. Every country needs to create a common commitment to a strategy of rebuilding; they each need a workers' nationalism to unite and liberate their country. ... Read more


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