Narrating Negative Peace: A Critical Analysis of Intelligence Support to the Dayton Peace Agreement

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dc.contributor.advisorCobb, Sara
dc.contributor.authorMcCoy, Rhian Teresa
dc.creatorMcCoy, Rhian Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-22T01:18:39Z
dc.date.available2018-10-22T01:18:39Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis study applies methods from narrative analysis to declassified intelligence documents regarding the Bosnian War of the 1990s and the Dayton Peace Agreement. An examination of themes, characters and plots demonstrated construction of four narratives about the Balkans in intelligence analysis of the conflict: Perpetual Conflict, Muslim Victimhood, Lawlessness, and Fanaticism. Narratives of difference generated an understanding of the Balkan Other resulting in a necessarily coercive approach to peacemaking. Characterizations of the conflict suggested an Orientalist perspective in analysis which may have foreshadowed a neo-Orientalist security paradigm in the post-Cold War era. Additionally, Wild West imagery in the data was suggestive of a New Frontierism in the justification of an expeditionary project for the United States in Bosnia.
dc.format.extent180 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/11229
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2017 Rhian Teresa McCoy
dc.subjectPeace studies
dc.subjectInternational relations
dc.subjectRegional studies
dc.subjectBalkans
dc.subjectBosnia
dc.subjectDayton
dc.subjectIntelligence
dc.subjectNarrative
dc.subjectNational security
dc.titleNarrating Negative Peace: A Critical Analysis of Intelligence Support to the Dayton Peace Agreement
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineConflict Analysis and Resolution
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.

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