Colonel Colm Doyle helped broker peace in former Yugoslavia - he reveals all on his incredible career

Colonel Colm Doyle played a significant role in brokering peace in the ­former Yugoslavia in the 1990s and has now published an account of those brutal times. He tells Declan Power about his extraordinary career

Quick rise through the ranks: Colonel Colm Doyle. Photo: Douglas O'Connor

'As I sat there, I silently cursed, suddenly understanding what was causing the agitation among the soldiers around me. At that moment, Gagovic looked at me and drew his pistol… my mouth was suddenly very dry."

This was Colm Doyle's reaction when faced with what appeared to be a breakdown in a deal he had negotiated between Muslim and Serb forces in Bosnia's bloody war in the 1990s.

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