The United States and Civil War in Eastern Europe

After the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union, former Yugoslavia split up into different republics. One of these, Bosnia, experienced a civil war between the Bosnian Serbs and the Muslim population. Neighboring Serbia supported the Serbs, and they burned the villages of, killed, tortured, and raped Muslims, Croats, and ethnic Albanians. Croats and Muslims started to fight back in 1995, with NATO supporting them by bombing Serbian forces and buildings. The United States decided to get involved and try to bring peace by holding negotiations, in Dayton, Ohio. The US sent troops to support NATO forces the following year, and helped separate the factions, protect civilians, and provide economic aid. Later on the Serbs tried to do the same thing in Kosovo, but NATO started to bomb the Serbian military until they retreated, at the request of President Clinton.