Playing the patron : Croatian-American relations and the development of American policy in Yugoslavia : from the collapse of Yugoslavia to Tudjman's Storm, 1989-1995
Journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year: 2019

Between 1989 and 1995 American policymakers struggled with breakup of Yugoslavia. The greatest challenge facing American officials was not ancient hatreds or the complexities of diplomacy but their own inability to define objectives which could be reconciled with the region’s importance or lack thereof to the United States. The United States wanted to preserve Yugoslavia, but not enough to pay the costs needed for success. Later, the United States wanted to secure an independent Bosnia, but not