Yugoslavia Unraveled: Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Intervention by Raju G. C. Thomas (review)

788 SEER, 82, 3, 2004 Thomas, Raju G. C. (ed.). rugoslaviaUnraveled: Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Intervention. Lexington Books, Lanham, MD, Boulder, CO, New York and Oxford, 2003. xx + 386 pp. Tables. Notes. Index. /65.oo. THIS collection of thirteen essays by twelve authors can be warmly recommended to anyone wanting to understandmore about where the destruction of Tito's Yugoslaviafitsinto the pattern of the new world order that emerged after the Cold War ended. Thomas states in his Prologue (p. xviii) that the aim of the book is to provide 'alternativeand diverse interpretationsof the crisis'in the formerYugoslavia,which challenge the dominant account of the conflictsof the I990S peddled by the 'government-media-academiacomplex' in the United States read:theWest. The six chapterswhich make up Part One deal…