David Owen, the co-author of the famously unimplemented Vance-Owen Peace Plan for Bosnia, has got a good thing going with Misha Glenny, the well- known author/journalist and expert on Bosnia. First, Glenny, in his The Fall of Yugoslavia a couple of years ago, had nothing but kind words for Owen’s diplomacy. Next, Owen, in his recently published apologia, Balkan Odyssey, returned the favor by extolling Glenny’s book as “the most outstanding account” of the war and “required reading for any serious student.” So guess who reviewed Owen’s book for the New York Times Book Review? That’s right: Misha Glenny. Glenny declared that “henceforth nobody can talk authoritatively about the course of this war without engaging [Owen’s book] in detail.” Glenny is now writing another book about the Balkans. We can’t wait for Lord Owen’s review.
