"This is a probing analysis of the crisis in Bosnia and the dilemmas surrounding international efforts to resolve it. The authors analyze the causes and conduct of the war; why, for more than three years, international efforts to resolve the conflict in Bosnia failed; and why one such effort finally succeeded in late 1995. They review the provisions of the Dayton accord and ask whether subsequent experience supports the hope that the accord will lead to long-term peace in Bosnia."--Jacket.

Introduction: Bosnia, ethnic conflict, and international intervention -- Conflict and accommodation in Bosnian political history -- The descent into war -- The war on the ground, 1992-94 -- The international community and the war: the Vance-Owen plan -- The international community and the war: negotiating partition, 1993-94 -- Imposing the Dayton agreement -- Dilemmas of intervention.