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not sought, nor were their ideas welcome.That omission marred international peace efforts before, during, and after thewar. Though my involvement with Bosnian women was considered a breach of boundaries and a nuisance by several midlevel officials in the U.S. State Depart-ment, the naysayers were trumped by President Clinton, who encouraged me
This was not our war : Bosnian women reclaiming the peace by Hunt, Swanee. Publication date 2004 Topics Hunt, Swanee -- Travel -- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Women, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Protest movements, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Politics and government -- 1992-
1 de ene. de 2004 · February 6, 2014. Former U.S. ambassador to Austria and founder of Women Waging Peace, Swanee Hunt, wrote This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace. The book is comprised of first account interviews from twenty six Bosnian women about their experiences before, during, and after Serbian forces began attacking ethnic Bosnians and ...
29 de nov. de 2004 · "This Was Not Our War is replete with quotes from scores of Yugoslavian women-Christians, Muslims, Jews-and is a fine example of oral history. It is pertinent and ought to be acquired by all libraries of schools teaching twentieth century history, women's studies, religious studies, or multiculturalism."
1 de ene. de 2005 · In Sarajevo, dark humor, art, and satire served as civilians' own way of rejecting ethnic politics and shouted loudly, "This was not our war" (see Hunt 2004). Finally, the case of Prijedor reveals ...
Women against the Yugoslav war. According to Swanee Hunt, who served as U.S.Ambassador to Austria during most of the Yugoslav war, it was in a private conversation with a group of journalists and funders in 1996 that former Bosnian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister Haris Silajdzik said: “If women had been in charge, there would never have been a war”.
This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming the Peace. By Swanee Hunt. Swanee Hunt Swanee Hunt chairs the Washington-based Institute for Inclusive Security. During her tenure as U.S. ambassador to Austria (1993–97), she hosted negotiations and symposia focused on securing the peace in the neighboring Balkan states. She is a ...
