VII. The Bosnian War and Srebrenica (1992-1995)

The Bosnian War produced the first genocide in Europe since the Holocaust. Approximately 100,000 people died in the war, of whom about 80% were Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks). The Srebrenica Massacre of July 1995, in which Bosnian Serb forces killed approximately 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, has been formally recognized as genocide by international courts. Maria should understand this case as part of the larger collapse of Yugoslavia and as a major test of the post-Cold War international order.