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Hello everybody,
I hope I'm posting this to the right section; as you can all see, I'm new here. I'm a masters student in history at Concordia University, in Montreal, and I'm hoping to interview some veterans of the conflict(s) in the former Yugoslavia as part of a research project.
Essentially what I'm trying to learn about is less the overt combat part of the operations there, but more of what the interaction was like between Canadian/UN forces in the region with the local inhabitants. What kind of impact did UN/Canadian soldiers on the local communities. Was there much contact, was there any economic exchange, friendships made, lasting ties etc. The idea is to essentially to look at the conflict and military deployment outside of strictly military terms, and look at the broader effects that it may (or for all I know, may not have had.) I've love to hear any of your stories.
I'm looking more towards Bosnia, as that is where so many Canadians were stationed/operated, but given that borders were (and to an extent still are) so murky back then, I'd be happy to hear about any of your experiences there. I'd be willing to either correspond by e-mail, or I could call you at your convenience and have a 20-30 minute chat on the phone. Alternatively, if any of you are in Montreal, I'd be happy to interview you in person, or if any of you are in Ottawa, I should be there a few days next week.
Additionally, if any of you can think of any relevant books I should be checking out (for example, I'm reading stuff like "Blood and Vengeance" and "All Tigers No Donkeys", I'd be plenty happy to hear about them. For this project as well, I'm also interviewing Serbs/Croats/Bosnians who lived through the conflict, so if you know anybody... Note also that if anyone want to remain confidential, that's no problem, though it's not as if this thing is going to have a massive audience.
A bit about me: I'm a 25-year-old student, writer, editor and researcher. I've mostly lived in Montreal and Vancouver. I have no military background. I have worked with a couple of fairly prominent Canadian military historians (Nathan Greenfield and Bill Rawling) on some forthcoming works, including a recent history of the Canadian Military Engineers. That's partly where my interest in this subject stems from, and partly from visiting the area in 2011.
If you're interested, feel free either to respond to this thread or to contact me privately at tysonjlowrie@gmail.com.
Thanks for reading this, and I'd look forward to hearing from some of you.
Cheers,
Tyson Lowrie
I hope I'm posting this to the right section; as you can all see, I'm new here. I'm a masters student in history at Concordia University, in Montreal, and I'm hoping to interview some veterans of the conflict(s) in the former Yugoslavia as part of a research project.
Essentially what I'm trying to learn about is less the overt combat part of the operations there, but more of what the interaction was like between Canadian/UN forces in the region with the local inhabitants. What kind of impact did UN/Canadian soldiers on the local communities. Was there much contact, was there any economic exchange, friendships made, lasting ties etc. The idea is to essentially to look at the conflict and military deployment outside of strictly military terms, and look at the broader effects that it may (or for all I know, may not have had.) I've love to hear any of your stories.
I'm looking more towards Bosnia, as that is where so many Canadians were stationed/operated, but given that borders were (and to an extent still are) so murky back then, I'd be happy to hear about any of your experiences there. I'd be willing to either correspond by e-mail, or I could call you at your convenience and have a 20-30 minute chat on the phone. Alternatively, if any of you are in Montreal, I'd be happy to interview you in person, or if any of you are in Ottawa, I should be there a few days next week.
Additionally, if any of you can think of any relevant books I should be checking out (for example, I'm reading stuff like "Blood and Vengeance" and "All Tigers No Donkeys", I'd be plenty happy to hear about them. For this project as well, I'm also interviewing Serbs/Croats/Bosnians who lived through the conflict, so if you know anybody... Note also that if anyone want to remain confidential, that's no problem, though it's not as if this thing is going to have a massive audience.
A bit about me: I'm a 25-year-old student, writer, editor and researcher. I've mostly lived in Montreal and Vancouver. I have no military background. I have worked with a couple of fairly prominent Canadian military historians (Nathan Greenfield and Bill Rawling) on some forthcoming works, including a recent history of the Canadian Military Engineers. That's partly where my interest in this subject stems from, and partly from visiting the area in 2011.
If you're interested, feel free either to respond to this thread or to contact me privately at tysonjlowrie@gmail.com.
Thanks for reading this, and I'd look forward to hearing from some of you.
Cheers,
Tyson Lowrie