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Operation Storm: Ending Humanitarian Disaster and Genocide in Southeastern Europe

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  • Dorothy S. McClellan

    (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)

  • Nikola Knez

    (President of iFilms, Director of Croatian Film Institute, President 21st Century Society for Human Rights & Education)

Abstract

Operation Storm was the single-most decisive battle of the Croatian War for Independence (1991-1995). Launched by the Republic of Croatia in August 1995, it was the largest European land battle since the Second World War. Outnumbered, outgunned, but not outmaneuvered, this tiny new democracy prevailed in a David versus Goliath encounter, a moral as well as military victory. Storm ended a massive humanitarian disaster and genocide. It led to the liberation of one third of Croatian territory, and made possible the Dayton Agreement that brought peace to the region. Based on interviews conducted with the American Ambassador to Croatia during the war years, military and political principals in the battle, noted scholars, security and intelligence agency officials, humanitarian leaders and journalists, this social scientific qualitative study examines the political and historical origins of the war and its aftermath. The article documents the events leading up to the war and surrounding this extraordinary military operation, providing strategic and political insights into the need for cooperation between democratic allies.

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  • Dorothy S. McClellan & Nikola Knez, 2021. "Operation Storm: Ending Humanitarian Disaster and Genocide in Southeastern Europe," International Journal of Social Sciences, European Research Center, vol. 10(1), pages 39-73, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aop:jijoss:v:10:y:2021:i:1:p:39-73
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    1. Dorothy S. McClellan & Nikola Knez, 2018. "Post-World War II Forced Repatriations to Yugoslavia: Genocide's Legacy for Democratic Nation Building," International Journal of Social Sciences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, vol. 7(2), pages 62-91, September.
    2. Dorothy McClellan, 2016. "Prosecuting Genocide, Rape, And Sexual Enslavement In Time Of War: Southeastern Europe 1991-1995," Proceedings of International Academic Conferences 4006254, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences.
    3. Dorothy S. McClellan & Nikola Knez, 2016. "Prosecuting Rape, Sexual Enslavement, and Genocide in Time of War: Southeastern Europe 1991-1995," International Journal of Social Sciences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, vol. 5(4), pages 79-102, November.
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      Keywords

      war; humanitarian disaster; genocide; Yugoslavia; Croatian War for Independence; Balkans; democracy; human rights; rights; Greater Serbia; Ambassador Peter Galbraith; Hague Tribunal; Operation Storm;
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      JEL classification:

      • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
      • K33 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - International Law
      • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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