The Road to the Dayton Accords
A Study of American Statecraft
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In this groundbreaking book, Derek Chollet provides unprecedented insights into the high-stakes diplomacy behind the historic 1995 Dayton agreement that ended the war in Bosnia--the most devastating conflict in Europe since the Second World War. Based on still unopened U.S. government archives and hours of interviews,The Road to the Dayton Accordsis a fast-paced history that focuses on the key players, decisions and events on the difficult journey to peace, taking the reader from the killing fields of the Balkans to tense meetings in the Oval Office to dramatic negotiations on a secluded Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio. Exhaustively researched and candidly written, this is a behind the scenes portrait of statecraft at the highest levels. The book sheds new light on one of the Clinton administration's most important-and lasting--diplomatic achievements, which proved to be a critical turning point for America's relationship with Europe and for Bill Clinton's presidency. With novelistic detail, this book also deepens our understanding of the course and conduct of modern American foreign policy, especially over U.S. efforts to solve the world's most difficult conflicts--a challenge that still dominates the news today.
Political Science / International Relations
Political Science / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union
History / Europe / Eastern
About this Author
Derek Cholletis a fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He previously served as foreign policy adviser to U.S. Senator John Edwards and in the State Department during the Clinton Administration.
Reviews
"This vivid, absorbing account brings you deep inside the truculent negotiations that brought an imperfect peace to the Bosnia War in 1995. Among its many lessons for today is how indispensable the United States is to the resolution of the world's most difficult crises." --Warren Christopher, former U.S. Secretary of State
"In this fast-paced narrative, Derek Chollet brings an historian's skill and an insider's eye to a complex and consequential story -- the American-led diplomacy backed by force that ended the worst outbreak of genocide in Europe since the Holocaust. An essential source for students and practitioners of statecraft -- and for citizens who want to understand one of the defining episodes of the post-cold war era."--Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings Institution, and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
"The tortuous path that led first through humiliation and failure in Bosnia and ultimately to triumph with the Dayton Peace Accords is one of the great dramas of Bill Clinton's presidency. No historian better understands this fascinating episode more than Derek Chollet, whose narrative benefits at every turn from his unparalleled access to the key players on the American side. Chollet tells a gripping story about the agony of choice, as U.S. policymakers faced a humanitarian and diplomatic disaster in the Balkans but recoiled from the political and military costs of acting to halt it. In the end, Bill Clinton and his team did act and this is the story of that bold decision. This book is indispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand Clinton's foreign policy."--John F. Harris, author ofThe Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House, and National Politics Editor,The Washington Post
"Derek Chollet takes us through the Bosnian problem from hell with all its agonies and failures, to the other side--the rare foreign policy triumph. With his unique perspective and insight, he explains how American power can be well used to actually solve problems."--Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations
"Almost no one understands how, when, and why the US ended up intervening in Bosnia after years of resisting. In a major achievement, Chollet's book finally unravells the processes and thinking involved. It is not a pretty story, but it is an instructive one for both scholars and members of the concerned public."
--Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics, Columbia University
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