Overview
- Questions the generally accepted narratives about the wars in former Yugoslavia
- Offers a detailed analysis of events based on the period in its entirety with primary sources
- Compares Britain's intervention in the conflicts in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and FYR/Kosovo
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British Foreign Policy in former Yugoslavia 1989-1999: Brotherhood and Unity Lost, gives a broad analysis of Britain’s foreign policy during the wars of Yugoslav secessions from 1992 to 1999. Normative approaches to Britain’s foreign policy during this period ‘have tended to place it’ in to two halves. The notion, there was a new morality in Britain’s foreign policy appeared after New Labour‘s election landslide on 1 May 1997. Robin Cook declared shortly after the victory there would be an ‘ethical dimension’ to Labour‘s foreign policy, and this appeared to chart new territory. As a result, this would be a departure from what former US Assistant Secretary of State, James Rubin, believed was the hyper-realism of the traditional British kind under British Prime Minister, John Major. The book includes interviews with key actors, provides new archive material and re-examines claims by the ‘New Orthodoxy’ which became prevalent after 1999.
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About the author
John P McCumiskey received his PhD from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2013. He has taught Critical Thinking and History at various universities in Asia and Europe.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: British Foreign Policy in former Yugoslavia 1989–1999
Book Subtitle: Brotherhood and Unity Lost
Authors: John P McCumiskey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45210-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45209-3Published: 07 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-45212-3Due: 01 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-45210-9Published: 06 December 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 367
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Foreign Policy, International Relations, International Security Studies, Diplomacy, Diplomacy