~illiarnPfaff, in ForeignAffairs (Summer 1993),58 E. 68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021.
Many in the West believe that war in the Balkans stems from ancient and immutable hatreds, and that barbarism issomehow a natural state of affairs in that comer of the world. This fatalistic view has served to rationalize Western inaction in the former Yugoslavia, notes Pfaff, a columnist and author. Indeed, some of the combatants do see them- selves as avenging ancient wrongs, starting with the Battle of Kosovo...