Author:
Andreas, Peter, 1965-
Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxv, 208 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Note:The longest siege -- Sarajevo on center stage -- The cast of characters -- Front stage and backstage: formal and informal roles -- Conflict narratives -- Criminalized conflict narratives -- Preview -- Imposing the siege -- The road to siege warfare -- The start of the siege and the criminally aided defense -- The international response -- Sustaining the siege -- Diverting and manipulating humanitarian aid -- Exploiting the privileges of mobility and access -- The UN-controlled airport as smuggling hub -- Tunneling under the siege: lifeline and profit center-- Trading with the enemy -- The media and its dependence on the black market -- The money letter smuggling system -- The smugglers' markets and cigarettes as currency -- The siege within -- Criminal defenders as predators -- Political corruption, abuse, and opportunism -- Obstructing access to water -- Lifting the siege -- Front stage: triggering NATO air strikes -- Backstage: shifting the military balance by evading the UN Arms Embargo -- Aftermath -- The criminalized aftermath of war -- The criminalized new elite -- Sarajevo as transit point for migrant smuggling -- Sex trafficking and peacekeeping -- The Arizona market: peace through illicit trade? -- Extensions -- Srebrenica -- Leningrad -- Grozny -- Falluja -- Revisiting Sarajevo -- Lessons from Sarajevo.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-200) and index.