Gow has written about the Yugoslavian crisis before, and here evaluates the range of international attempts to find a workable peace. He credits their failure to bad timing, bad judgement, poor cohesion, and the absence of political will. He accuses the governments comprising the Contact Group of subverting each other's strategic and diplomatic goals in order to pursue their own interests, behavior unbecoming leaders of the New World Order. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.