ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the George H. W. Bush administration’s attitude to Bosnia and its policy change from non-commitment to commitment. It discusses the policy taken by the next administration under President Bill Clinton from 1993, with a focuses on the debates within the domestic society. The chapter also focuses on the international aspect, that is, the diplomatic rows that erupted between Washington and its European partners. It analyses what the American policymakers envisioned as the role of the post-Cold War North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Careful investigation of the claims of those calling for American intervention reveals that they did not necessarily push for the dispatch of ground troops. Investigating the American case will show how its policymakers saw the dilemma of intervention and non-intervention and how they reached a way to redevelop NATO for the sake of international management of foreign contingencies.
