The Road from Sarajevo: British Army Operations in Bosnia, 1995-1996

by Ben Barry, Martin Bell (Foreword by)

Overview

In 1992 Bosnia descended into a savage and bitter civil war, which by 1995 had claimed over a quarter of a million lives. Following the Dayton Peace Agreement between the warring Bosnian Serbs, Muslims and Croats, NATO began its first land operation, taking over from the UN Protection Force. With a total of only 200 men, a British battlegroup was charged to enforce the peace in a 100km area, through which wound a front line separating the territory of the Bosnian Muslims from that of the Bosnian Serb forces.In this updated edition of the acclaimed book A Cold War, Brigadier Ben Barry has produced the definitive account of the British Army’s dangerous and groundbreaking operations in Bosnia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750961998
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	02/04/2016
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Brigadier Ben Barry joined the Light Infantry in 1976. After service in the UK, Northern Ireland, Germany, and the Far East he commanded Second Battalion Light Infantry in 1994-6. He returned to Bosnia to command a NATO Multinational Brigade in 2003. Martin Bell is a former broadcast war reporter for the BBC and former politician. 

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Glossary 9

Introduction 25

Chapter 1 'Naming Of Parts' 35

Chapter 2 'Actors Waiting In the Wings of Europe' 51

Chapter 3 Roads To Sarajevo 63

Chapter 4 'burning Sky' 82

Chapter 5 'Start!' 105

Chapter 6 The Mud Factory 116

Chapter 7 'Across the Great Divide' 130

Chapter 8 'Badlands' 148

Chapter 9 'Darkness at the Edge of Town' 167

Chapter 10 'This Hard Land' 182

Chapter 11 'Strange Town' 201

Chapter 12 A Hard Return 216

Chapter 13 'You Oughta Know' 240

Chapter 14 'Unfinished Sympathy' 256

Chapter 15 'Don't Look Back in Anger' 264

Chapter 16 Roads From Sarajevo 289

Afterword 311

Further Reading 320

Index 324