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Looking Back on Bosnia (1998-07-09)
About this film
Bosnia in this show's title is a synecdoche for the whole explosive region of the Balkans, of which Kosovo was currently the likeliest to erupt. An absorbing session with a man who, whether or not conservatives will always agree with him, gives a vivid account of how the world let this mess get as bad as it is, and what we might still do to retrieve the situation. RH: "Negotiating things like this really makes you pleased about America. We were in Dayton, and Dayton is in Ohio, and Ohio has more of the people from this area [the Balkans] than any other state in the Union. We were picketed by Albanian-Americans; Croats and Serbs came to us; the governor of Ohio was Serbian-American; John Kasich is Croat-American, the powerful Republican congressman; the publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is Serbian-American. I kept saying to all the people at Dayton, 'Look, in Ohio they restrict their rivalry to softball games and an occasional barroom fight. Why can't you do the same thing in your own area?' " WFB: "I can't imagine saying that to Milosevic." RH: "Oh, I did."
Directors & creators
Southern Educational Communications Association
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, William F. Buckley Jr., Richard Holbrooke, Slobodan Milosevic, John Kasich, Bosnia, Balkans, Kosovo, Dayton Agreement, Ohio, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Yugoslav Wars, International relations, Foreign policy, Ethnic conflict, Diplomacy
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