Western Intervention in the Balkans

Conflicts Involve Powerful Experiences. The Residue Of These Experiences Is Captured By The Concept And Language Of Emotion. Indiscriminate Killing Creates Fear; Targeted Violence Produces Anger And A Desire For Vengeance; Political Status Reversals Spawn Resentment; Cultural Prejudices Sustain Ethnic Contempt. These Emotions Can Become Resources For Political Entrepreneurs. A Broad Range Of Western Interventions Are Based On A View Of Human Nature As Narrowly Rational. Correspondingly Intervent...See More