A few weeks ago (corresponding with a large gap in my blog posts) I watched a six-part 1995 BBC documentary on the Yugoslavian war by way of this Kottke.org post and Google Video. It is a fascinating documentary--many thorough, revealing interviews with political leaders, diplomats, and soldiers. Here's the first episode. Betcha can't watch just one.
Coincidentally, Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic was arrested four days ago for genocide and crimes against humanity during that conflict. Had I not seen the documentary a couple weeks before I'd have no idea who the guy is.
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the guy credited with ending the conflict in 1995, recently wrote this in the Washington Post on the subject of Karadzic and had this to say on NPR Talk of the Nation (essentially the same thing). He was an adviser to Hillary Clinton's recent campaign and a potential Secretary of State. It will be interesting to see if he pops up in an Obama administration.
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