Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War
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A documentary which traces how crucial mistakes made by the West helped lead to the unnecessary breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, culminating in the devastating NATO bombing campaign in 1999.
Perhaps the best summary of the film is contained in the NY Times' review of its commercial opening in New York on March 15, 2002 by Stephen Holden, in which he writes "whether or not you're convinced by the film's assertions, many of which are based on information provided by the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other organizations that investigated reported events after the fact, 'Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War' does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background."
A documentary which traces how crucial mistakes made by the West helped lead to the unnecessary breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, culminating in the devastating NATO bombing campaign in 1999.
Perhaps the best summary of the film is contained in the NY Times' review of its commercial opening in New York on March 15, 2002 by Stephen Holden, in which he writes "whether or not you're convinced by the film's assertions, many of which are based on information provided by the Red Cross, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other organizations that investigated reported events after the fact, 'Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War' does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background."
The NATO bombings in 1999 are another matter completely, although they are in sense the culmination of the "troubles" of the "Balkan Peninsula."