The Bosnian Crisis in 1992

The census of 1991 shows a marked decline in the number of Yugoslavs in comparison to the census of 1981, a reflection of the polarization of Bosnian society after 1990. The encounters between the Partisans and their foes involved towns and regions which are flash points in the Bosnian war. The United States was drawn back into the Yugoslav crisis on the side of the Bosnian government, perhaps at the urging of Cyrus Vance, who had become increasingly concerned over the situation in Bosnia. Instead of slowing or halting the war, as in Croatia, recognition had apparently accelerated the pace of Bosnia’s decline and destruction. The Bosnian crisis had become the Bosnian tragedy. Karadzic was triumphant, sensing that the parcelization of Bosnia had begun, although the powers of the Bosnian government as set out in the Lisbon document far exceeded those which Serbs were ready to accept in practice.