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26 - Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992–1995

from Part IV - Globalisation and Genocide since the Cold War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2023

By
Edina Bećirević
Edited by
Ben Kiernan ,
Wendy Lower ,
Norman Naimark  and
Scott Straus
Ben Kiernan
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
Wendy Lower
Affiliation:
Claremont McKenna College, California
Norman Naimark
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Scott Straus
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
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Summary

Genocide is often framed as something that occurs somewhat spontaneously, or emotionally, or arises in response to singular threats or leaders. But genocide is always an extension of larger socio-political processes. Thus, the genocide committed against Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) during the 1992–5 war can only be understood if it is viewed within the broader context of dynamic pressures that resulted from the dissolution of federal Yugoslavia into its six constituent republics: BiH, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.

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The Cambridge World History of Genocide , pp. 627 - 646
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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