Yugoslavia was located in eastern Europe, north of Greece and across the sea from Italy. On the map above, you can see that Bosnia was created between Serbia and Croatia.

Somalia wasn't the only test of President Clinton's willingness to engage with dangerous situations elsewhere in the world. In 1992, the communist federation of Yugoslavia was broken into several different countries as a result of the Cold War ending. Yugoslavia had been a jumble of different ethnic and cultural groups (including Serbians, Croats, and Bosniaks), and they suddenly had the freedom to declare their own republics and mark their own separate territories.

The result was a long series of wars. During President Clinton's first term, the worst conflict took place in a country called Bosnia and Herzegovina, which was at war with its neighbors, Serbia and Croatia.

Bosnia was occupied by Bosniaks, but it also had large populations of ethnic Serbs and Croats. Encouraged and supported by people in their own countries, the Serb an Croat residents of Bosnia rebelled against the Bosnian government and attempted to seize more land for their ethnic homelands, Serbia and Croatia.

Basically, Serbia and Croatia were chipping away at Bosnia's territory, and they were encouraging the ethnic Serbs and Croats already living in Bosnia to join them. This conflict was called the Bosnian War, and it lasted from 1992 to 1995. Murder and genocide were common occurrences as the ethnic groups in the region clashed over territory.

Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, was besieged by Serbian tanks and snipers for four years, the longest siege in modern history. This picture shows the parliament building on fire after being shot by a tank.

Western Europe sent troops to protect civilians in Bosnia, and the United States sent supplies and equipment, but both were hesitant to get involved and "take sides" in the conflict.