Contents // Figures xvii Tables xix Abbreviations xxi // Introduction: Ethnic Cleansing and Return as Geopolitics // 1 Yugoslavia’s Violent Dissolution 20 // 2 A Distinctive Geopolitical Space 46 // 3 Polarization and Poison 83 // 4 Ethnic Cleansing 112 // 5 Persistent Ambivalence 142 // 6 Early Battles over Returns 167 // 7 Building Capacity 194 // 8 Rule of Law 228 // 9 Localized Geopolitical Struggles 256 10 Did Ethnic Cleansing Succeed? 293 // xvi Contents // List of Interviews 321 Appendix 327 Notes 337 References 411 Author Index 441 Subject Index 446