Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
This interview is part of the Institute's "Conversations with History" series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public Berkeley's distinction as a global forum for ideas.
Welcome to a "Conversation with History." I'm Harry Kreisler of the
Institute of International Studies. Our guest is Roy Gutman, a correspondent
with Newsday. Roy won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for his reporting on
Bosnia.
- Background ... education ... interest
in East/Central Europe ... academic vs. journalistic approach
- Reporting on East - West Relations ...
ostpolitik ...
Charter 77
- The Helsinki Agreement ... implications
for journalists ... angering the Russian bureaucracy ... arms control negotiations
- Central America ... Reagan's "main
show" ...
talking to both sides ... origins of Contra support ... resolution of the conflict
- End of the Cold War ... Russian attitude
toward Germany ... a whole new game ... getting the story right
- Covering Bosnia ... return to Yugoslavia
... ethnic nationalism ... atrocities ... Bosnia's dilemma ... lack of interest
in U.S. press ... the camps
- Belated International Response ...
Washington's indifference ... U.S. military's misreading ... Serb military
and territorial objectives ... State Department vacillation
- Conclusion: Norms and Values ...
no order in the "new world order" ... Geneva Convention ... advice for students
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