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Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo

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Description for Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 maps, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.

The 1992–1995 battle for Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history. It was also the most internationalized, attracting a vast contingent of aid workers, UN soldiers, journalists, smugglers, and embargo-busters. The city took center stage under an intense global media spotlight, becoming the most visible face of post-Cold War conflict and humanitarian intervention. However, some critical activities took place backstage, away from the cameras, including extensive clandestine trading across the siege lines, theft and diversion of aid, and complicity in the black market by peacekeeping forces.

In Blue Helmets and Black Markets, Peter Andreas traces the interaction between these ... Read more

Drawing on interviews, reportage, diaries, memoirs, and other sources, Andreas documents the business of survival in wartime Sarajevo and the limits, contradictions, and unintended consequences of international intervention. Concluding with a comparison of the battle for Sarajevo with the sieges of Leningrad, Grozny, and Srebrenica, and, more recently, Falluja, Blue Helmets and Black Markets is a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary urban warfare, war economies, and the political repercussions of humanitarian action.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501704338
SKU
V9781501704338
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Ref
99-1

About Peter Andreas
Peter Andreas is John Hay Professor of International Studies at Brown University. He is the author of Border Games and coeditor of Sex, Drugs, and Body Counts, both from Cornell. He is also the author of Smuggler Nation and coauthor of Policing the Globe and Drug War Politics.

Reviews for Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo
Blue Helmets and Black Markets provides a template for analyzing international interventions, suggesting that looking beyond the standard actors and actions yields some significant insights.
International Studies Review
Andreas does not deny the suffering or the heroism of those caught in the siege of Sarajevo or the deadly earnestness of those who maintained it. But he wants to ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo


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