$25 · Peacekeeper: The Road To Sarajevo.

UPC: 060771007998/38049. 1994 Edition. 546 pages. Illustrated. General Lewis MacKenzie for a time became the single best-known Canadian soldier since World War II. From his position in command of the UN peacekeepers in Sarajevo in 1992, he demonstrated a quite extraordinary flair for public reactions, speaking bluntly to the world’s TV and press journalists, talking toughly to all sides in the appalling Bosnian civil war, and trying to carry out the UN’s weak and uncertain mandate with too few resources to do the job successfully. MacKenzie may not be the typical Canadian senior officer, but his career is hardly unusual. He served in the Middle East, Cyprus, Vietnam, and Central America in his three decades of service, and in that respect he is entirely typical of Canada’s highly skilled military, the world’s peacekeepers sine qua non. Nothing had prepared him for Sarajevo, however, where all sides used the media as a weapon, trying to mobilize public opinion while they slaughtered each other with abandon. MacKenzie’s very-well-written memoir is based on his diaries, and he plays no favorites. The UN takes its lickings here, as do Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims; only the poor bloody infantry of the various contributing nations win MacKenzie’s praise, for he recognizes that the soldier had the most unenviable task of all. Condition: Used, Excellent. Some minor aging of pages. Thank you for looking at my post. I check my emails 1-2 times daily, but may be delayed due to health conditions, which require me to visit hospital.