The Death of Yugoslavia"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 |
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Page 24
His centralising, authoritarian, anti-democratic leadership, and his calculated,
clever manipulation of the politics of ethnic intolerance, provoked the other
nations of Yugoslavia, convincing them it was impossible to stay in the federation.
His centralising, authoritarian, anti-democratic leadership, and his calculated,
clever manipulation of the politics of ethnic intolerance, provoked the other
nations of Yugoslavia, convincing them it was impossible to stay in the federation.
Page 124
A secret document, drawn up by the Federal Defence Ministry, was circulated to
every major Army barracks in Yugoslavia, and read to JNA commanders across
the land. It was called A Report Concerning the Actual Situation in the World and
...
A secret document, drawn up by the Federal Defence Ministry, was circulated to
every major Army barracks in Yugoslavia, and read to JNA commanders across
the land. It was called A Report Concerning the Actual Situation in the World and
...
Page 141
'I understood after the meeting that he was ready to form a Yugoslavia without the
Catholics', said Djukic. That evening, and over the next week, Milosevic laid out
his vision for the end of Yugoslavia: The break-up of Yugoslavia is in question ...
'I understood after the meeting that he was ready to form a Yugoslavia without the
Catholics', said Djukic. That evening, and over the next week, Milosevic laid out
his vision for the end of Yugoslavia: The break-up of Yugoslavia is in question ...
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User Review - rocketjk - LibraryThingThis history by two BBC correspondents does a very good job of presenting the chronology and events of this massive deadly tragedy. The book deftly separates the many different threads of nationalism ... Read full review
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User Review - cwhouston - LibraryThingVery enjoyable single volume history of the break up of Yugoslavia. The book is well written and the chapters are logically structured and not too long. The coverage is comprehensive and, in my view, written with very little political or ethnic bias. Read full review
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| Title | The Death of Yugoslavia BBC books Current Events Penguin books Penguin current events |
| Authors | Laura Silber, Allan Little |
| Contributor | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1995 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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