{"product_id":"blue-helmets-and-black-markets-the-business-of-survival-in-the-siege-of-sarajevo-hardback-9780801443558","title":"Blue Helmets and Black Markets; The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo (Hardback) 9780801443558","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlue Helmets and Black Markets\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Andreas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801443558\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 August 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 1 map, 7 halftones - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Helmets and Black Markets\u003c\/i\u003e provides a template for analyzing international interventions, suggesting that looking beyond the standard actors and actions yields some significant insights.\u003c\/p\u003e (International Studies Review) \u003cp\u003eAndreas 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 make this savage tale whole by exposing corruption's part in exploiting and sustaining the violence. Andreas, with prose as lean as his analysis is rich, avoids moral judgments and focuses instead on the two-sided aspects of this sort of war: the illicit commerce between the warring parties, the profiteering by politicians struggling to save a community, the indulgences of outside agencies sent to help the victims.\u003c\/p\u003e (Foreign Affairs) \u003cp\u003eIn this provocative study, Andreas examines the unexpected consequences of humanitarian intervention.... Drawing on extensive interviews, diaries, and memoirs of participants, and newspaper accounts, among other sources, Andreas argues that the internationalization of the siege paradoxically prolonged the conflict. Humanitarian assistance the international community provided to the people of Sarajevo became incorporated into the criminalized war economy that flourished in the besieged city.... The study also reveals the much more complex social dynamics that emerged and flourished during the conflict. In particular, far from severing ties between ethnic groups, the war economy sustained informal contacts and cross-ethnic collaboration in the midst of conflict. Andreas argues that the example of Sarajevo strongly suggests that uncovering the hidden dynamics of war economies is important because their legacies outlast a conflict's end and continue to shape postconflict reconstruction. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1992–1995 battle for Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history.\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBlue Helmets and Black Markets\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Andreas traces the interaction between these formal front-stage and informal backstage activities, arguing that this created and sustained a criminalized war economy and prolonged the conflict in a manner that served various interests on all sides. Although the vast majority of Sarajevans struggled for daily survival and lived in a state of terror, the siege was highly rewarding for some key local and international players. This situation also left a powerful legacy for postwar reconstruction: new elites emerged via war profiteering and an illicit economy flourished partly based on the smuggling networks built up during wartime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndreas shows how and why the internationalization of the siege changed the repertoires of siege-craft and siege defenses and altered the strategic calculations of both the besiegers and the besieged. The Sarajevo experience dramatically illustrates that just as changes in weapons technologies transformed siege warfare through the ages, so too has the arrival of CNN, NGOs, satellite phones, UN peacekeepers, and aid convoys. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding with a comparison of the battle for Sarajevo with the sieges of Leningrad, Grozny, and Srebrenica, and, more recently, Falluja, \u003ci\u003eBlue Helmets and Black Markets\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary urban warfare, war economies, and the political repercussions of humanitarian action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cb\u003e1. The Longest Siege\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sarajevo on Center Stage\u003cbr\u003e The Cast of Characters\u003cbr\u003e Front Stage and Backstage: Formal and Informal Roles\u003cbr\u003e Conflict Narratives\u003cbr\u003e Criminalized Conflict Narratives\u003cbr\u003e Preview\u003cb\u003e2. Imposing the Siege\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Road to Siege Warfare\u003cbr\u003e The Start of the Siege and the Criminally Aided Defense\u003cbr\u003e The International Response\u003cb\u003e3. Sustaining the Siege\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Diverting and Manipulating Humanitarian Aid\u003cbr\u003e Exploiting the Privileges of Mobility and Access\u003cbr\u003e The UN-Controlled Airport as Smuggling Hub\u003cbr\u003e Tunneling under the Siege: Lifeline and Profit Center\u003cbr\u003e Trading with the Enemy\u003cbr\u003e The Media and Its Dependence on the Black Market\u003cbr\u003e The Money Letter Smuggling System\u003cbr\u003e The Smugglers' Markets and Cigarettes as Currency\u003cb\u003e4. The Siege Within\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Criminal Defenders as Predators\u003cbr\u003e Political Corruption, Abuse, and Opportunism\u003cbr\u003e Obstructing Access to Water\u003cb\u003e5. Lifting the Siege\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Front Stage:Triggering NATO Air Strikes\u003cbr\u003e Backstage: Shifting the Military Balance by Evading the UN Arms Embargo\u003cb\u003e6. Aftermath\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Criminalized Aftermath of War\u003cbr\u003e The Criminalized New Elite\u003cbr\u003e Sarajevo as Transit Point for Migrant Smuggling\u003cbr\u003e Sex Trafficking and Peacekeeping\u003cbr\u003e The Arizona Market: Peace through Illicit Trade?\u003cb\u003e7. Extensions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Srebrenica\u003cbr\u003e Leningrad\u003cbr\u003e Grozny\u003cbr\u003e Falluja\u003cb\u003eConclusions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Revisiting Sarajevo\u003cbr\u003e Lessons from Sarajevo\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676687298840,"sku":"9780801443558","price":20.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/blue-helmets-and-black-markets-the-business-of-survival-in-the-siege-of-sarajevo-hardback-9780801443558","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}