This book provides an eyewitness account of a key political crisis triggered by the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007.

Part I. The Battle: 1. We fired first; 2. They fire back; 3. The battle; 4. The defeat; Part II. Reflections on the Battle: 5. Non-violent wars; 6. Non-violent insurgency; 7. Diplomatic counterinsurgency; 8. The avalanche; 9. Looking forward.

Philippe Leroux-Martin is a Canadian lawyer who worked for the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a member of a team of legal advisors who oversaw the legal aspects of the Dayton peace agreement implementation. Mr Leroux-Martin also acted as chief legal advisor to the Police Restructuring Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina chaired by former Belgian Prime Minister Wilfried Martens. Following his work in Sarajevo, he headed the legal department of the International Civilian Office, an organization established to supervise and coordinate Kosovo's accession to independence in 2008-9.