Srebrenica in the Aftermath of Genocide [Hardcover]

This book traces the reverberations of genocide, forced displacement, and a legacy of loss in Bosnia and abroad.Srebrenica in the Aftermath of Genocide reveals how interactions between local, national, and international interventions have led to subtle, positive effects of social repair, despite persistent attempts at denial. Using an interdisciplinary approach, diverse research methods, and more than a decade of fieldwork in five countries, this book traces the reverberations of genocide after the fall of the United Nations safe area of Srebrenica in Bosnia and abroad.Srebrenica in the Aftermath of Genocide reveals how interactions between local, national, and international interventions have led to subtle, positive effects of social repair, despite persistent attempts at denial. Using an interdisciplinary approach, diverse research methods, and more than a decade of fieldwork in five countries, this book traces the reverberations of genocide after the fall of the United Nations safe area of Srebrenica in Bosnia and abroad.The fall of the United Nations safe area of Srebrenica in July 1995 to Bosnian Serb and Serbian forces stands out as the international community's most egregious failure to intervene during the Bosnian war. It led to genocide, forced displacement, and a legacy of loss. But wartime inaction has since spurred numerous postwar attempts to address the atrocities' effects on Bosnian society and its diaspora. Srebrenica in the Aftermath of Genocide reveals how interactions between local, national, and international interventions  from refugee return and resettlement to commemorations, war crimes trials, immigration proceedings, and election reform  have led to subtle, positive effects of social repair, despite persistent attempts at denial. Using an interdisciplinary approach, diverse research methods, and more than a decade of fieldwork in five countries, Lara J. Nettelfield and Sarah E. Wagner trace the genocide's reverberations in Bosnia andlÓ6