Research Catalog

Title

Witness to war crimes : the memoirs of a peacekeeper in Bosnia / Colm Doyle ; edited by Kenneth Morrison.

Author

Doyle, Colm

Publication

Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2018.

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Details

Additional Authors

Morrison, Kenneth

Description

xix, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

"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.

Subjects

• Yugoslavia
• Peace-building
• War crimes investigation
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Diplomatic history
• European Community Monitor Mission
• Since 1900
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Peace
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Atrocities
• Karadžić, Radovan V., 1945-
• 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
• Yugoslavia > Politics and government > 1992-2003
• Peace
• Yugoslavia > Politics and government > 1980-1992
• Milošević, Slobodan, 1941-2006
• Peacekeeping forces
• History
• Peace-building > Yugoslavia > Biography
• Yugoslav War (1991-1995)
• United Nations Peacekeeping forces > Yugoslavia > Biography
• War crimes investigation > History > 20th century
• Politics and government
• International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Biography
• Biography
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Diplomatic history
• United Nations
• Bosnia and Herzegovina > History > 1992-
• Atrocities
• Doyle, Colm

Genre/Form

• Biography.
• History.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Foreword / Martin Bell -- Under the blue flag -- From blue to white -- Three men in a boat -- Welcome to Sarajevo -- A visit to Mostar -- First casualties -- Meeting the key players -- Blockade -- From soldier to diplomat -- Downward spiral -- Carrington comes to town -- On the brink -- A president is detained -- An angry general -- An invitation to dinner -- A meeting with Milosevic -- Back to Sarajevo -- Breakfast reading for Karadžić -- The final curtain -- Witness for the prosecution.

Call Number

JFE 18-7649

ISBN

• 152673611X
• 9781526736116

OCLC

1019604918

Author

Doyle, Colm, author.

Title

Witness to war crimes : the memoirs of a peacekeeper in Bosnia / Colm Doyle ; edited by Kenneth Morrison.

Publisher

Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2018.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

Since 1900

Added Author

Morrison, Kenneth, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-7649