This book examines the politics and international relations of the Balkans during a decade of mounting external involvement in its affairs.

Nearly 500 entries cover topics such as cease-fires, ethnic cleansing, Titoism, the International Monetary Fund, reporting on the war.

The authors analyze the causes and conduct of the war; why, for more than three years, international efforts to resolve the conflict in Bosnia failed.

"The first study of victims and witnesses who have testified before an international war crimes tribunal, examines the opinions and attitudes of eighty-seven individuals - Bosnian Muslims, Serbs, and Croats - who have appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia."--BOOK JACKET.