Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Strategy
- The Cambridge History of Strategy
- The Cambridge History of Strategy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume II
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction to Volume II
- 1 The Strategies of the Napoleonic Wars
- 2 Guerrilla and Nineteenth-Century Strategies of Insurgency
- 3 Russia, 1877–1917
- 4 The American Civil War
- 5 The Use of Naval Power
- 6 The Russo-Japanese War
- 7 Chinese Strategy, 1926–1949
- 8 First World War
- 9 Soviet Strategy, 1917–1945
- 10 Air Power
- 11 The Second World War in Europe
- 12 The Second World War in the Asia–Pacific
- 13 Soviet Strategy, 1945–1989
- 14 People’s War and Wars of Decolonisation
- 15 Nuclear Strategies
- 16 America’s Way of War
- 17 The Korean War
- 18 Israel’s Wars
- 19 The India–Pakistan Confrontations
- 20 The Yugoslav War, 1991–1999
- 21 Terrorism and Insurgency
- 22 The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan
- 23 The Three Gulf Wars and Iraq
- 24 China’s Wars, 1950–2021
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- Index
20 - The Yugoslav War, 1991–1999
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2025
- The Cambridge History of Strategy
- The Cambridge History of Strategy
- The Cambridge History of Strategy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume II
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction to Volume II
- 1 The Strategies of the Napoleonic Wars
- 2 Guerrilla and Nineteenth-Century Strategies of Insurgency
- 3 Russia, 1877–1917
- 4 The American Civil War
- 5 The Use of Naval Power
- 6 The Russo-Japanese War
- 7 Chinese Strategy, 1926–1949
- 8 First World War
- 9 Soviet Strategy, 1917–1945
- 10 Air Power
- 11 The Second World War in Europe
- 12 The Second World War in the Asia–Pacific
- 13 Soviet Strategy, 1945–1989
- 14 People’s War and Wars of Decolonisation
- 15 Nuclear Strategies
- 16 America’s Way of War
- 17 The Korean War
- 18 Israel’s Wars
- 19 The India–Pakistan Confrontations
- 20 The Yugoslav War, 1991–1999
- 21 Terrorism and Insurgency
- 22 The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan
- 23 The Three Gulf Wars and Iraq
- 24 China’s Wars, 1950–2021
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
The Serbian strategy of war crimes to achieve a new state project formed the core of the Yugoslav War. Neighbourhood adversaries also committed atrocities in response. International engagement and humanitarian concern had to find ways to oppose both the aims and the means of the Serbian project and, in a subsidiary way, the worst of the local adversaries’ actions. International operations were as far apart in character from those of the Serbian project as could be. In the end, the strategy of war crimes backfired, as it prompted significant engagement to stop the Serbian project and led to the creation of the Yugoslavia Tribunal, where many senior figures were convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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- The Cambridge History of Strategy , pp. 411 - 434Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025