The Bosnian conflict was organized destruction rather than a war

Evidence

What occurred from April 1992 through October 1995 has been labeled a war and even a civil war. A war, however, is a conflict between armed adversaries. The Serb army took towns and villages that lacked significant military defenses. Where there was any Bosnian defense at all, Serb militants used heavy artillery to shell the defenders into submission. Once the town or village was taken, the killings of civilians would begin. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 305

Categorization

• DEFINE: Reframes ‘war’ as requiring armed adversaries, making the label ‘civil war’ for Bosnia analytically misplaced.

Related

• After territory was consolidated, killing shifted to steady individual targeting (similarity 0.78)
• Serb forces pre-armed and pre-positioned to occupy 70 percent of Bosnia upon its recognition (similarity 0.78)
• Croat and Serb militias jointly dynamited mosques across eastern Bosnia (similarity 0.78)