Which of the following was the primary cause of the balkan wars conducted during the clinton administration? . a. muslim activism in bosnia. b. the un peacekeepers' inability to stem ethnic cleansing. c. the breakup of the former state of yugoslavia. d. the rise to power of slobodan milosevic in serbia

. C. The breakup of the former state of Yugoslavia

Much of the focus of Clinton's foreign policy during his first term was the war inBosnia and Herzegovina, a nation in southeastern Europe that had declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1992. This declaration was the catalyst of a war between Bosnian Serbs, who wanted Bosnia to remain in the Yugoslav federation, and Bosnian Muslims and Croats. The Bosnian Serbs, who were supported bySerbia, were better equipped than the Muslims and the Croats; as a result, they populated and controlled much of the countryside in ways including besieging cities, such as the capital of Sarajevo.