'An important and original study of the response of the West to the genocide in the Balkan wars tearing apart the former Yugoslavia. Mestrovic and his team offer original interpretations of the events and break new theoretical ground, proposing concepts that will help illuminate some of the features of our present social constellation.'--Professor Douglas Kellner, The University of Texas at Austin

Chapter 1 Introduction, Stjepan G. Meštrovi?; Chapter 2 Ending the War and Securing Peace in Former Yugoslavia, Philip J. Cohen; Chapter 3 The Serbo-Croatian War, 1991, Norman Cigar; Chapter 4 The Genesis of the Current Balkan War, Slaven Letica; Chapter 5 The Response of the American Media to Balkan Neo-Nationalisms, James J. Sadkovich; Chapter 6 Psychoanalytic Dimensions of the West'S Involvement in the Third Balkan War, C. G. Schoenfeld; Chapter 7 Collective Punishment and Forgiveness, Thomas Cushman; Chapter 8 Israel and Genocide in Croatia, Igor Primoratz; epi Epilogue, Stjepan G. Meštrovi?;

Stjepan G. Meštrovi? is Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University.