Holbrooke: Summary And Analysis

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Although Holbrooke does fissure the subject of conflicts between Croat and Muslim forces, he fails to recognize the full extent of this war within a war, as fighting insolvent out between these militaries in central Bosnia in January 1993. Whether the cause for this failure included the division of Bosnia laid out by the Vance-Owen plan, what is clear is the ferociousness with which the Croats and Muslims committed mayhems against each other. In the heart of Herzegovina were Croatian attentiveness camps at Gabela, Capljina, and Rodoc. Incongruously, these camps were within a few miles of the Catholic holy place of Madjugorje; Muslim forces conducted their own atrocities against Croats, including those who remained in the Konjic area. Yet, Holbrooke's