ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests that the Croats and Bosnian Muslims dealt better with the unpredictability of this aspect of war. It is axiomatic that the forces of hostility, passion, hatred and enmity and chance and uncertainty have the potential to dramatically alter policy and the purpose of going to war in the first place. One concurs with the argument; however, while Clausewitz was clearly outlining the limits of policy, it is hard to believe that he was intentionally delimiting the rest of his work. The supposition to be drawn is that On War is much more complete than we give it credit for. The chapter argues that the complexity of war was multiplied by the impact of external powers on the conflict in former Yugoslavia, and these inevitably became part of the fabric of the war.
