Author's Note  xi

Map of Yugoslavia  xiii

Prologue  xv

Acknowledgments  xxii

Context  xxiii

Part 1: War  

Section 1: Officialdom   3

1. Inside: "Esteemed Mr. Carrington"  3

2. Outside: A Convenient Euphemism  6

3. Inside: Angels and Animals  8

4. Outside: Carter and Conscience  11

5. Inside: "if I Left, Everyone Would Flee"  13

6. Outside: None of Our Business  16

7. Inside: Silajdžić   17

8. Outside: Unintended Consequences   19

9. Inside: The Bread Factory  20

10. Outside: Elegant Tables  23

Section 2: Victims or Agents?  25

11. Inside: The Unspeakable  25

12. Outside: The Politics of Rape  27

13. Inside: An Unlikely Soldier  30

14. Outside: Happy Fourth of July  31

15. Inside: Women on the Side  35

16. Outside: Contact Sport  36

Section 3: Deadly Stereotypes  38

17. Inside: An Artificial War  38

18. Outside: Clashes  40

19. Inside: Crossing the Fault Line  41

20. Outside: "The Truth of Garažde"  42

21. Inside: Loyal  44

22. Outside: Pentagon Sympathies  47

23. Inside: Family Friends  49

24. Outside: Extremists   52

Section 4: Fissures and Connections  62

25. Inside: Family Ties  62

26. Outside: Federation  63

27. Inside: School Days  66

28. Outside: Forces and Counterforces  70

29. Inside: Blood  73

30. Outside: Trade-offs  75

31. Inside: Grim Lullaby  78

Section 5: The End Approaches  80

32. Outside: Security and Cooperation  80

33. Inside: Sarajevo Cinderalla  84

34. Outside: failure at Srenbrenica  85

35. Inside: Magbula's Parrot  89

36. Outside: The Accident  93

37. Inside: Boys Pretending  95

38. Outside: Bombs and Bluffs  96

39. Inside: Side by Side  99

40. Outside: Decisions at Dayton  101

Part II: Peace  

Section 6: After Dayton  111

41. Inside: Morning Has Broken  111

42. Outside: Waiting for Christmas  112

43. Inside: Serb Exodus  115

44. Outside: Refugees in Austria  117

45. Inside: Refugees at the Residence  119

46. Outside: Diplobabble  121

47. Inside: Displaced  122

48. Outside: Sowing and Reaping  123

49. Inside: Banja Luka Bitterness  126

Section 7: Imperfect Justice  129

50. Outside: War Criminals  129

51. Inside: Uncatchable  134

52. Outside: Evenhanded  136

53. Inside: No Justice in Srebrenica  138

54. Outside: The Tribunal  140

55. Inside: Waiting for the Truth  142

56. Intelligence and Political Will  146

57. Inside: Professor, Perpetrator, President  148

Section 8: International Inadequecies  157

58. Outside: The Fourth Warring Party  157

59. City Signs  159

60. Outside: Out of Step  161

61. Inside: By a Thread  163

62. Outside: Missing  164

63. Inside: Surviving the Peace  166

64. Outside: Press Tour  168

Section 9: Women's Initiative  171

65. Inside: Organized for Action  171

66. Outside: Lyons  174

67. Inside: "What's an NGO?"  178

68. Outside: Skewed  180

69. Inside: A League of Their Own  183

70. Outside: "With All Due Respect"  184

Section 10: Recreating Community  192

71. Inside: Beethoven's Fifth  192

72. Outside: "Neither Free Nor Fair"  195

73. Inside: Sarajevo Red  197

74. Outside: Re-Leaf  199

75. Inside: Watermelons  200

76. Outside: Arizona  202

77. Inside: Three Hundred Gold Coins  204

78. Outside: Mistrust in Mostar  208

79. Inside: New Bridges  210

80. Outside: Air Force One  211

Bridging: Six Lessons  225

1. Test Truisms  226

2. Question Stereotypes  231

3. Find Out-of-Power Allies  236

4. Appreciate Domestic Dynamics  241

5. Find Fault  246

6. Embrace Responsibility  250

Epilogue  259

Notes  263

Index  277

“Amusing anecdotes litter the book. . . . [Hunt] attempts to form a coherent response to this tissue of half-truths and myths about the Balkans that she believes lay behind many of the fatal mistakes America and her allies made during the Bosnian wars.”—Ky Krauthamer, Transitions Online

“This book is anything but dry. It's sort of a behind the scenes look at why what happened happened and also why we (the Americans) and the rest of the world acted in the way that we did. I think Hunt did a great job at making this event and the facets of international relations that could be found within accessible to everyone. Bottom line: This is a great book that covers some important lessons!”—A Bookish Affair

“Part apology, part cri de coer, [Hunt’s] book culminates in a catalog of specific lessons applicable to much more than the Bosnian experience. she advises potential intervenors to ‘test truisms’ and to locate allies and partners within the local community rather than rely on outsiders who reside in the Pentagon or in sanctuaries protected by sandbags and concrete barriers.”—Foreign Affairs

“[T]he book is an absorbing read. . . . [G]eneral readers, students and activists will find much of value in a book that is more accessible than most academic works on the conflict. Academics and regional experts may not find much new material, but there are enough details and conversations with senior politicians to warrant reading it purely for the insight it offers into diplomatic and political life of the 1990s. . . .”—Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik, Times Higher Education Supplement

“Ambassador Hunt has long championed a greater and more substantive role for women in political and civil life and this book is rich with illustrations why that cause is both worthy today and should have been employed much earlier in the Balkan unraveling that led to the wars over Bosnia and Kosovo. . . . Whether the reader may agree with Swanee Hunt’s opinions on Bosnia or not, one can come away from this book with some useful lessons to apply to areas of conflict generally.”—William P. Kiehl, American Diplomacy

“Worlds Apart reminds the reader how difficult and yet imperative is individual and collective action in the face of moral collapse. . . . . It took over a decade for Swanee Hunt to distill and to write the experiences from Bosnia. That history and its lessons remain eerily relevant today.”

—Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Christian Science Monitor

“[A] strong argument for greater participation of women’s groups in peacemaking and reconstruction afer mass violence occurs. The book includes many personal anecdotes and Hunt’s thoughtful observations. For readers unfamiliar with the war and its aftermath, this personal yet analytic account provides a useful primer. Recommended. General readers and undergraduate students all levels.”—G. Conway, Choice

“[Hunt] contributes a conceptual link between national security and
engagement with people affected by our policies that is missing from the tool kit of US foreign policy, arguing for the necessity to overcome the ‘gulf between distant policy makers and the people on the scene’ and to not neglect the role that women should play in preventing conflict. . . . She offers fascinating insights into the policy dilemma facing the White House in how to handle a new post – Cold War Russia and Congress.”—Lawrence Butler, Mediterranean Quarterly

“This is a remarkable collection of insights... What is appealing
about Hunt’s book is how she uses her view of the Balkans to promote a
positive agenda both in Bosnia and elsewhere.”—Erik Jones, Survival

“Hunt has done a nice job of presenting her experiences in a clear fashion. . . . She ventured into Bosnia with little in the way of academic prejudice and saw things as a concerned human being. With that in mind, I was encouraged by her evenhanded view of Balkan topics, especially regarding sticking points like responsibility.”—Robert Niebuhr, Canadian Slavonic Papers

“[A] valuable contribution to the literature in peace and conflict studies, politics and international relations.”—Olivera Simi, International Journal on World Peace

“Amusing anecdotes litter the book. . . . [Hunt] attempts to form a coherent response to this tissue of half-truths and myths about the Balkans that she believes lay behind many of the fatal mistakes America and her allies made during the Bosnian wars.”—Ky Krauthamer, Transitions Online

“This book is anything but dry. It's sort of a behind the scenes look at why what happened happened and also why we (the Americans) and the rest of the world acted in the way that we did. I think Hunt did a great job at making this event and the facets of international relations that could be found within accessible to everyone. Bottom line: This is a great book that covers some important lessons!”—A Bookish Affair

“Part apology, part cri de coer, [Hunt’s] book culminates in a catalog of specific lessons applicable to much more than the Bosnian experience. she advises potential intervenors to ‘test truisms’ and to locate allies and partners within the local community rather than rely on outsiders who reside in the Pentagon or in sanctuaries protected by sandbags and concrete barriers.”—Foreign Affairs

“[T]he book is an absorbing read. . . . [G]eneral readers, students and activists will find much of value in a book that is more accessible than most academic works on the conflict. Academics and regional experts may not find much new material, but there are enough details and conversations with senior politicians to warrant reading it purely for the insight it offers into diplomatic and political life of the 1990s. . . .”—Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik, Times Higher Education Supplement

“Ambassador Hunt has long championed a greater and more substantive role for women in political and civil life and this book is rich with illustrations why that cause is both worthy today and should have been employed much earlier in the Balkan unraveling that led to the wars over Bosnia and Kosovo. . . . Whether the reader may agree with Swanee Hunt’s opinions on Bosnia or not, one can come away from this book with some useful lessons to apply to areas of conflict generally.”—William P. Kiehl, American Diplomacy

“Worlds Apart reminds the reader how difficult and yet imperative is individual and collective action in the face of moral collapse. . . . . It took over a decade for Swanee Hunt to distill and to write the experiences from Bosnia. That history and its lessons remain eerily relevant today.”

—Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Christian Science Monitor

“[A] strong argument for greater participation of women’s groups in peacemaking and reconstruction afer mass violence occurs. The book includes many personal anecdotes and Hunt’s thoughtful observations. For readers unfamiliar with the war and its aftermath, this personal yet analytic account provides a useful primer. Recommended. General readers and undergraduate students all levels.”—G. Conway, Choice

“[Hunt] contributes a conceptual link between national security and
engagement with people affected by our policies that is missing from the tool kit of US foreign policy, arguing for the necessity to overcome the ‘gulf between distant policy makers and the people on the scene’ and to not neglect the role that women should play in preventing conflict. . . . She offers fascinating insights into the policy dilemma facing the White House in how to handle a new post – Cold War Russia and Congress.”—Lawrence Butler, Mediterranean Quarterly

“This is a remarkable collection of insights... What is appealing
about Hunt’s book is how she uses her view of the Balkans to promote a
positive agenda both in Bosnia and elsewhere.”—Erik Jones, Survival

“Hunt has done a nice job of presenting her experiences in a clear fashion. . . . She ventured into Bosnia with little in the way of academic prejudice and saw things as a concerned human being. With that in mind, I was encouraged by her evenhanded view of Balkan topics, especially regarding sticking points like responsibility.”—Robert Niebuhr, Canadian Slavonic Papers

“[A] valuable contribution to the literature in peace and conflict studies, politics and international relations.”—Olivera Simi, International Journal on World Peace

“The slaughter in Bosnia in the 1990s still haunts policymakers everywhere. With Worlds Apart, Swanee Hunt brings us all into the room alongside the decision makers at the center of an international crisis, and she simultaneously draws important lessons from those events for the resolution of future conflicts. It’s a compelling read for anyone motivated to learn those larger lessons from a tragedy that tested the will of the free world.”—Senator John Kerry, Chair, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

“Good research. Brilliant analysis. Important book. These lessons about global security are especially urgent in light of today’s headlines.”—Dan Rather, internationally acclaimed veteran newscaster

“Ambassador Hunt has given us a bold, firsthand, outspoken book. It comes as close as we’ve gotten to answering the wherefores of Bosnia’s stark violence. Her juxtaposition of inside realities and outside misconceptions is convincing support for the broader lessons she offers us.”—General John Galvin, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, and former Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

“Swanee Hunt has written an intelligent, insightful, and highly readable account of the Bosnia conflict and America’s response to it. She brings to her analysis the passion appropriate to a firsthand account, together with a critical and sophisticated appreciation for the larger political context. Those interested in lessons important to future policy will not be disappointed. The book is an important addition to the literature on Bosnia, and on the continuing debate over appropriate circumstances for military intervention for humanitarian purposes.”—Ambassador Robert Gallucci, former Dean, Georgetown School of Foreign Service

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