Title: A cold war : front-line operations in Bosnia, 1995-1996 /
Authors: Barry, Ben.
Publisher: Spellmount,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Barry, Ben.; Great Britain.; United Nations Peacekeeping forces.; Bosnia and Herzegovina History
Contents: "In 1992 Bosnia descended into a savage and bitter civil war, which by 1995 had claimed over a quarter of a million lives. Following the Dayton Peace Agreement between the warring Bosnian Serbs, Muslims and Croats, NATO began its first land operation, taking over from the UN Protection Force. That same day a British battlegroup moved from Sarajevo to northwest Bosnia, a total of only two hundred men and the only British troops in that part of the country. It was charged to enforce the peace in an area a hundred kilometres wide, through which wound a front line seperating the territory of the Bosnian Muslims from that of the Bosnian Serb forces. 'A Cold War: Front-Line Operations in Bosnia 1995-1996' is a personal account of operations conducted by that battlegroup, Second Battalion the Light Infantry, in Bosnia between November 1995 and May 1996, by their commanding officer Brigadier (then Colonel) Ben Barry. In an authoritative and fascinating account, Ben Barry provides a unique description of these dangerous and challenging missions, explaining the British Army's groundbreaking operations in Bosnia as never before. Operations and incidents are vividly described -- often in the words of the soldiers and officers who took part". -- BOOK COVER.