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Divide and Fall?

Bosnia in the Annals of Partition

Radha Kumar author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Verso Books

Published:17th Nov '97

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This study of Bosnia analyzes the post-Cold War revival of what is essentially a British colonial theory of ethnic division. It concludes that a revival of a colonial theory of partition in the present period would damage both NATO expansion and European integration.

Divide and Fall?, the first full-length analysis of the post-Cold War revival of ethnic partition, is a major intervention in the study of international relations. Radha Kumar examines the carve-up of Bosnia, comparing it to earlier divisions of Ireland, India, Palestine and Cyprus.

[A] brilliant essay. -- Pierre Hassner * Critique Internationale *
[A] brilliantly compact expose of the twentieth-century diplomat's favourite folly. In this small gem of a book, Kumar places the West's multicultural solution to the Bosnian war in a long, inglorious line of botched partitions. -- Boyd Tonkin * The Independent *
A well-researched, thorough and readable account. -- Shashi Tharoor, Executive Assistant to the Secretary General, UN
An erudite study of partition ... presents a thorough critical history of the war and the various peace plans which laid the path to partition. -- Gregory Kent * Irish Times *
Elegant and concise ... a compelling narrative. * Choice *

ISBN: 9781859848524

Dimensions: 201mm x 142mm x 23mm

Weight: 400g

224 pages