- Most complex foreign crisis of Clinton's presidency. - Arose from the disintegration of Yugoslavia after communism collapsed there in 1989. - After a few years Yugoslavia's 6 provinces dissolved into 5 new states, some of which were soon plagued with conflict over ethic cleansing.- By the end of 1993 more than 100000 Bosnians, nearly all of them civilians, had perished in this. - Gave NATO a new purpose - launched air strikes against Bosnian Serb forces (American planes contributed). - UN troops, including 20000 Americans, arrived as peacekeepers to try and curb it.- Ethnic cleansing resurfaced in 1998, this time by Yugoslavia troops and local Serbs against Albanians in Kosovo. - More than 800000 Albanians fled the region. - To halt bloodshed NATO gain intervened launching a 2 month was in 1999 against Yugoslavia leading to the deployment of American and UN forces in Kosovo.

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