A critical year in the history of peacekeeping, 1995 saw the dramatic transformation of the role of United Nations' forces in Bosnia from a protective force to being an active combatant under NATO leadership. Phillip Corwin, the UN's chief political officer in Sarajevo during the summer of that year, presents an insider's account of the momentous events that led to that transformation. "Dubious Mandate" interweaves personal experiences of daily life in a war zone--supply shortages, human suffering, assassination attempts, corruption--with historical facts, as Corwin challenges commonly held...