Witness to war crimes : the memoirs of a peacekeeper in Bosnia
"The early 1990s saw Europe's first conflict for almost 40 years when bitter fighting broke out in the former Yugoslav republic. Colonel Colm Doyle of the Irish Army found himself in the midst of this appalling civil war when in October 1991 he became first a European Community Monitor and almost immediately Head of the Monitor Mission in besieged Sarajevo. After six months he was appointed Personal Representative to Lord Carrington, Chairman of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia. In this overdue memoir, he describes his role mediating, negotiating and persuading political and military leaders of all sides to halt the seemingly inexorable path to all-out war. He arranged ceasefires, visited prisoner-of-war camps, extricated election monitors and organised hostage releases. His experiences made him a key witness at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague at the trials of Milosevic, Mladic and Karadzic. With his unprecedented access, Doyle's personal account can claim to be one of the most significant works on the brutal Bosnian War."--Publisher's description xix, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
- Doyle, Colm,
- Morrison, Kenneth,
- NIOD Bibliotheek
- Text
- on1019604918
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Atrocities.
- Karadžić, Radovan V., 1945-
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Peace.
- Milošević, Slobodan, 1941-2006.
- Yugoslavia--Politics and government--1992-2003.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina--History--1992-
- Peace-building--Yugoslavia--Biography.
- European Community Monitor Mission.
- United Nations--Peacekeeping forces--Yugoslavia--Biography.
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Biography.
- Doyle, Colm.
- War crimes investigation--History--20th century.
- Yugoslavia--Politics and government--1980-1992.
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Diplomatic history.
- International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.
- International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.
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