Balkan Odyssey

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Balkan Odyssey
by David Owen
Tt had been a long and eventful journey, my almost three-year Balkan odyssey, and I could only hope that no negotiator would ever again have to experience anything like the frustration, torment and tragedy that had unfolded during this period of Balkan history!
In 1992 David Owen, former Foreign Secretary and co-founder of the sdp, was appointed European negotiator charged with bringing the conflicting parties in the former Yugoslavia around the conference table to hammer out compromises that could then be implemented on the battlefield. For three years he and his counterparts - first Cyrus Vance, then Thorvald Stoltenberg - strove both to contain the various wars in the region and to impose a peace plan on a political impasse which consistently defied solution. Balkan Odyssey is his personal account of these turbulent years and of the most traumatic event of recent European history.
'Balkan Odyssey is the detailed diary of a man who was at the... Tovább

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Balkan Odyssey
by David Owen
Tt had been a long and eventful journey, my almost three-year Balkan odyssey, and I could only hope that no negotiator would ever again have to experience anything like the frustration, torment and tragedy that had unfolded during this period of Balkan history!
In 1992 David Owen, former Foreign Secretary and co-founder of the sdp, was appointed European negotiator charged with bringing the conflicting parties in the former Yugoslavia around the conference table to hammer out compromises that could then be implemented on the battlefield. For three years he and his counterparts - first Cyrus Vance, then Thorvald Stoltenberg - strove both to contain the various wars in the region and to impose a peace plan on a political impasse which consistently defied solution. Balkan Odyssey is his personal account of these turbulent years and of the most traumatic event of recent European history.
'Balkan Odyssey is the detailed diary of a man who was at the centre of international debate, negotiation and hesitation in perhaps the most crucial episode in the early life of post-Cold War Europe. His energy is unflagging, not only in the sheer hours devoted to shuttle diplomacy but also in the formidable detail with which his thoughts, words and deeds are recorded As a source for future historians this book will be invaluable' Robert Fox, Daily Telegraph
'As this book bears witness, he worked tenaciously and honourably for longer than anyone could have expected' Vissza