title: Bosnia: Prelude, Disease, and Sequelae
abstract: In BosniaBosnia, three factors led to war: the breakup of former YugoslaviaYugoslavia, Slobodan Milošević’sMilošević, Slobodan (Milošević) political ambitions and military capability, and ethnic nationalism, particularly in its territorial form. It is hard to picture the Bosnian War without any one of these. It is hard to picture peace prevailing with all three. After an initial period of stalemate, the postwar process in BosniaBosnia benefited for almost ten years from ample international commi