In the spring and summer of 1992, the world was shocked by reports of atrocities and pictures of concentration camps populated by emaciated captives in the strife-torn lands that had been Yugoslavia. No longer held together by a totalitarian regime, ancient feuds and animosities flared into violence and then full-scale war. Heinous acts were committed by Serbian government forces against people of other ethnic and religious groups, under the euphemistic term, ethnic cleansing. People were uprooted from their homes, their property stolen, and told to leave and were told to never come back. Those who resisted were killed or put into camps, where many starved or died of disease, or were tortured or beaten to death. Husbands and wives who were from different ethnic backgrounds were forcibly se…