Yugoslavian history: Constantinople to Kosovo

From: The Officer | Date: March 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

No language can describe adequately the condition of the large portion of the Balkan PeninsulaSerbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and other provinces. Political intrigues, constant rivalries, a total absence of all public spirit-hatred of all races, animosities of rival religions and absence of any controlling power-nothing short of an army of 50,000 of the best troops would produce anything like order in these parts. "

This was not the basis of a plea for troops to the Security Council of the United Nations. It was not a convincing argument by the joint chiefs that the United States should send ...

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