Islam and Bosnia re-examines the conflict of the 1990s from the perspectives of international relations; conflict resolution; and history as well as psychology; anthropology; and cultural studies. Rejecting the primordialist; or "ancient hatreds;" interpretation as the root of the conflict; the authors detail how a complex cultural transformation led to the erosion of what had been the common inclusionist base of a multi-ethnic state and brought about a new exclusionist nationalism. By pulling together the individual elements of culture; society; and foreign policy and analysing their interaction; Islam and Bosnia demonstrates how the secular romantic nationalism of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; centred on history; language; and landscape; was overthrown in favour of one that highlighted religion; race; and territory. Islam and Bosnia shows how the Bosnian conflict bears on the wider contexts of cultural paradigms; deadly conflicts; and the formulation of foreign policy. It argues for a new perspective in foreign policy-making; one that would embrace and incorporate better and deeper knowledge and understanding of culture; history; and ideology. Contributors include Tone Bringa (University of Bergen); Amila Buturovic (York University); John V.A. Fine (University of Michigan); Peter W. Galbraith (former U.S. ambassador to Croatia); Graham N. Green (former Canadian ambassador to Croatia); Nader Hashemi (Ph.D. candidate; University of Toronto); John M. Reid; (information commissionaire for Canada); András Riedlmayer (Harvard University); Michael A. Sells (Haverford College); Donald W. Smith (former Canadian ambassador to Croatia); and Vamik D. Volkan (University of Virginia).
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Learned my relatives are from Jones Co.By planosueWow.. Just now realized my great grand mother and her family (surname of Dossett) lived in Jones County during the era covered by this book. I will be taking trip there soon to explore the status of my relatives further... whether they were among the Confederate resisters there. Prior to this book; I had not known of my g.grandmother's ties to Jones County.... although I did know my father's people (Bullock) came from Covington County; MS (right next door to Jones as it turns out). Discovering this special tie; of course; made the book particularly interesting to me. So glad I happened upon this book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An excellent view of the battles and tactics of Newt Knight's guerrilla bandBy StanFlourideCoincidentally I chose this of the 3 I bought to read first and it was a good choice. The authors explore the events leading up to the battles of Vicksburg and Corinth that brought about the draft that called up Knight and many of his friends and family.The inept leadership from officers who had bought their commissions; marching them back and forth in endless; meaningless marches that exhausted them before any battles were engaged. And watching these officers living comfortably while the troops were forced to eat little but corn and fatback and to drink water from local streams that made them very sick.Some of them were paroled after the surrender of Vicksburg but their oaths of honor to return home and not fight meant nothing to the officers of the Army of the Confederacy and they were forced back into service.This book covers the tactics of both the Union and Confederate armies and the guerrilla war conducted behind the lines by the racially integrated battalions of the Free Men of Jones and is an excellent introduction to the story.The State of Jones: The Small Southern County that Seceded from the Confederacy2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Jones County and Newton KnightBy gary hAn intriguing page turner. Knight was an amazing man who had to deal with scoundrels his whole life. Fortunately he found some good people along the way.The book gives insight into the hell hole that was the Deep South before; during; and after the civil war; maybe still is some places. Mississippi aught to be thoroughly ashamed of itself. No wonder it's the poorest state in the union. Maybe it should never have been allowed back in the USA.
