Clinton appointed him ambassador to Germany and then, when the Bosnian crisis deepened, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs.

CNN: Giving Peace a Chance

The minutes ticked away to years as the Bosnian crisis claimed many thousands of lives, got Europeans themselves at cross-purposes and all but ruptured the transatlantic alliance.

ECONOMIST: Doubts on both sides of the Atlantic

The Bosnian Serbs cannot look to Serbia itself for military help because its army is entangled in the Kosovo crisis.

ECONOMIST: Bosnia��s Serbs