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Focuses on the American policy on Bosnia under U.S. President Bill Clinton. Perception of Americans about the war in the Balkans; Reasons for the failures of U.S. policy in Yugoslavia; Awareness of the U.S. about the problems in Yugoslavia; Issues related to Serbian aggression; Absence of overall strategic discussion of the Balkans in former U.S. President George Bush policy; Arguments made by intelligence agencies on the issue; Problem of Serbian nationalism in Yugoslavia; Comparison of Clinton's policy with that of Bush.

Focuses on the United States interventions in the conflicts in Somalia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. U.S. deployment of troops to Somalia; U.S. justification of its intervention in Somalia; Impact of the U.S. decision not to intervene in the Bosnia and Herzegovina conflict.

Focuses on the U.S. foreign policy in the context of recent conflicts that were emerged against the U.S. military intervention in Somalia. Objective of American foreign policy relating to country's democratic principles; Claim that the U.S. government has settled on an isolationist foreign policy where intervention is shunned and then chosen on criteria of military ease and sentiment; Confidence of President George Bush in the manageability of the intervention; His refusal to get involved in Bosnia; Comparison of values of interventions in Somalia and Bosnia, considering demographic and economic issues; Geopolitical significance of Bosnia and Somalia; Objectives of humanitarianism-oriented peace operations in Bosnia and Serbia.

Discusses the U.S. intervention in the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Explanation of the three major factors that would complicate the policy choices of the American government in the country; Claim that Western relief and peace-keeping efforts are creating hostages to policy; Opposition of the intervention by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney; Approval of Senator Joseph Biden's amendment to a Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill by the Congress authorizing $50 million in arms transfers to the Bosnians, pending a lifting of the United Nations embargo.

Presents the opinions of the authors on armed intervention in the Bosnian war. Problems with the presence of United Nations (UN) troops in Bosnia; Safety of civilian populations under UN protection; Moral and international legal principles of guaranteeing the inviolability of borders.

Discusses issues regarding the U.S. involvement in the Balkans, with reference to U.S. President Bill Clinton's decision to air drop relief to besieged Muslims in eastern Bosnia. Uncertainty whether the administration will be able to navigate the complex military and diplomatic realities towards a successful solution to the war in the Balkans; Concerns over the status of the air drops; Impact of the objections from the United Nations on Clinton's decision; Purpose of former U.S. President George Bush behind the proposal to lift the arms embargo against the Bosnians; Lack of strategic self-confidence in Clinton's policy.