I am trying to make sense of certain events during the Bosnian war. Clearly, the war was partly a result of the external imperialist intervention of Germany and the US - which started early with the introduction of a devastating IMF austerity programme in the 1980s - as much as internal conflicts among Serb, Croat and Muslim groups following the collapse of the quasi-Stalinist state in 1990.
The US backed Izetbegovic's Muslim forces, of course. What was the British interest in Bosnia, however? As I understand it, the UK had traditionally supported the Serbian 'rump' state (and a Libcom poster has asserted that the British bankrolled Serbia during the conflict). However, the British news media relentlessly demonised the Serbs and many British politicians (notably Thatcher) supported the Croatian cause. Why was this? Did the UK simply come around to supporting the US cause (and Germany's client Croatia) once the ambitions of those powerful imperialisms became evident in 1993?
Also, and relatedly, I'd be interested in hearing views on Britain's rationale for sending troops to Bosnia in 1992 under the auspices of UNPROFOR.
Sorry, which Bosnian war you talking about? Do you mean the Kosovo war in 1999?
If so, we have a bunch of content here: http://libcom.org/tags/Kosovo-war
If you mean the previous one, there may be some articles in http://libcom.org/tags/Yugoslavia, but not got time to check myself first right now I'm afraid.