Endgame
Subtitle: the betrayal and fall of Srebrenica, Europe's worst massacre since World War II
By: David Rohde.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Campaigns -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Srebrenica; Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Atrocities.; Srebrenica (Bosnia and Hercegovina) -- History, Military.
Description: In Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica: Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Rohde follows the experiences of seven central characters - three Muslims in Srebrenica, two Dutch peacekeepers charged with defending the surrounded town, and two Serb Army soldiers attacking it - through the ten-day period that changed the course of the war in Bosnia and was arguably the darkest hour in United Nations history.

Drawing on previously undisclosed accounts of top-level UN meetings, internal documents, and hundreds of interviews with participants on all sides, Rohde exposes how the United States, France, Great Britain, the United Nations, and the Bosnian government - out of incompetence or cynicism - allowed 40,000 Muslims to fall into the hands of their potential executioners.

Part of an apparent Serb endgame to win the war, Srebrenica's fall ended up playing a crucial role in the Clinton administration's "endgame strategy" that halted the conflict. The most comprehensive book to date on the subject, Endgame is a tale of cynical power politics in the post-Cold War era, a case study in genocide, and a disturbing testament to the power of propaganda and self-delusion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-424) and index.
Maps of Srebrenica on endpapers.