How Bosnia Armed; The Birth and Rise of the Bosnian Army

by Marko Attila Hoare

• ISBN13: 9780863563676
• ISBN10: 0863563678
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-08-20
• Publisher: Al Saqi

Summary

Within three and a half years of its inception, the Bosnian army succeeded in fighting the Serbian army to a standstill; Serbia was forced to recognise Bosnia's independence. Yet the victory was ambiguous, leaving two thirds of the country under the control of Serb and Croat extremists while the remainder became a predominantly Muslim Bosniak-inhabited area.

Author Biography

Marko Attila is a British Academy Research Fellow and member of the Cambridge University Department of History

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 13
Acronyms	p. 16
Origins of the Bosnian Army, 1941-1992	p. 17
The Territorial Defence of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina	p. 17
The Patriotic League	p. 24
Serbia Prepares to Attack	p. 31
The Army of the Serb Republic	p. 37
On the Eve of Total War	p. 43
Foundation of the Bosnian Army, 1992	p. 50
Patriotic League and Territorial Defence	p. 50
The Question of the Yugoslav People's Army	p. 60
The Croat Defence Council	p. 64
The Serbian Blitzkrieg	p. 68
Reorganisation of the Bosnian Army	p. 77
Politicisation of the Bosnian Army, 1992-1994	p. 81
The Bosnian Croat Rebellion	p. 81
The Ideology at Birth of the Bosnian Army	p. 87
Halilovic Sidelined	p. 90
Escalation of the War with the HVO	p. 94
Operation Trebevic	p. 97
The Bosnian Army Comes of Age, 1994-1995	p. 102
The Shift to a Bosniak-Nationalist Ideology	p. 102
The Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina	p. 107
The Bosnian Military Revival	p. 111
Izetbegovic vs Silajdzic	p. 116
The Final Offensives	p. 121
Conclusion	p. 128
Bin Laden in the Balkans? The Bosnian Army and the Mujahedin	p. 131
Notes	p. 136
Bibliography	p. 157
Index	p. 163
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