The Tragedy Of Yugoslavia
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Author | : Zvonimir Vukovich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
The memoirs of Zvonimir Vuckovich, participant in the nationalist resistance of General Dragoljub-Draza Mihailovich are among the most important sources for the study of the Yugoslav resistance during the nazi occupation in World War II.
Author | : Jim Seroka |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2016-09-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1315486954 |
Once it was hoped that the Yugoslav federation might manage to defy the odds once more, this time to become one of the world's few examples of democratic pluralism. Instead, we are witnessing another Balkan tragedy. What went wrong? In this volume scholars from Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia examine the Janus face of pluralism, with case studies of electoral politics in the republics and of what were once the country's institutions of integration - the League of Communists, the managerial elite, and the army. Among the contributors are Mirjana Kaspovic, Tomaz Masmak, Vesna Pusic, Anton Bebler, Ivan Siber, Vucina Vasovic, and the editors.
Author | : Konstantin Fotić |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Susan L. Woodward |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 553 |
Release | : 1995-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0815722958 |
Yugoslavia was well positioned at the end of the cold war to make a successful transition to a market economy and westernization. Yet two years later, the country had ceased to exist, and devastating local wars were being waged to create new states. Between the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the start of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in March 1992, the country moved toward disintegration at astonishing speed. The collapse of Yugoslavia into nationalist regimes led not only to horrendous cruelty and destruction, but also to a crisis of Western security regimes. Coming at the height of euphoria over the end of the cold war and the promise of a "new world order," the conflict presented Western governments and the international community with an unwelcome and unexpected set of tasks. Their initial assessment that the conflict was of little strategic significance or national interest could not be sustained in light of its consequences. By 1994 the conflict had emerged as the most challenging threat to existing norms and institutions that Western leaders faced. And by the end of 1994, more than three years after the international community explicitly intervened to mediate the conflict, there had been no progress on any of the issues raised by the country's dissolution. In this book, Susan Woodward explains what happened to Yugoslavia and what can be learned from the response of outsiders to its crisis. She argues that focusing on ancient ethnic hatreds and military aggression was a way to avoid the problem and misunderstood nationalism in post-communist states. The real origin of the Yugoslav conflict, Woodward explains, is the disintegration of governmental authority and the breakdown of a political and civil order, a process that occurred over a prolonged period. The Yugoslav conflict is inseparable from international change and interdependence, and it is not confined to the Balkans but is part of a more widespread phenomenon of politic
Author | : Laura Silber |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Bosnia and Hercegovina |
ISBN | : |
"The Death of Yugoslavia is the first account to go behind the public face of battle and into the closed worlds of the key players in the war. Laura Silber, Balkans correspondent for the Financial Times, and Allan Little, award-winning BBC journalist, plot the road to war and the war itself. They pinpoint the key events that occurred in the capitals of Belgrade and Zagreb, and in villages ravaged by 'ethnic cleansing', and draw on eye-witness testimony, scrupulous research and hundreds of interviews to give unprecedented access to the facts behind the media stories. Challenging the received wisdom that the war occurred as a spontaneous and inevitable eruption of ethnic hatreds, the authors expose, step-by-step, a plan to divide the country by force of arms." "Could anything have been done to prevent this terrible tragedy? What will be its lasting effects? The authors consider these questions and assess the present situation and its implications for future international relations."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : Constantin Fotitch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2012-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258319083 |
Author | : Charles W. Ingrao |
Publisher | : Purdue University Press |
Total Pages | : 493 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1557536171 |
This collection of essays examines Yugoslavia's dissolution and the subsequent wars.
Author | : Dennison Rusinow |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2008-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822973499 |
Defying Stalin and his brand of communism, Tito's Yugoslavia developed a unique kind of socialism that combined one-party rule with an economic system of workers' self-management that aroused intense interest throughout the cold war. As a member of the American Universities Field Staff, Dennison Rusinow became a long-time resident and frequent visitor to Yugoslavia during these transformative times. This volume presents the most significant of his refreshingly immediate and well-informed reports on life in Yugoslavia and the country's major political developments. Rusinow's essays explore such diverse topics as the first American-style supermarket and its challenge to traditional outdoor markets; the lessons of a Serbian holiday feast (Slava); the resignation of Vice President Aleksandar Rankovic; the Croatian political purge of 1971; ethnic divides and the rise of nationalism throughout the country; the tension between conservative and liberal forces in Yugoslav politics; and the student revolt at Belgrade University in 1968. Rusinow's final report from 1991 examines the serious challenges to the nation's future even as it collapsed.
Author | : Viktor Meier |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2005-06-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134665113 |
Victor Meier presents a history of the disintegration and collapse of the former Yugoslavia, drawing on federal and republican archives, and sources which are not yet officially open for scholarly use.
Author | : Maga |
Publisher | : Verso |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1993-03-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780860915935 |
Traces the story of Yugoslavia's disintegration over the entire period since Tito's death in 1980. This book explains why this once stable and seemingly harmonious country was fated to break up in a savage war for territory.