The Death of YugoslaviaPenguin Books, 1995 - 400 pages "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 167
... Defence Minister , Martin Spegelj , after a lifetime in the JNA , had also retained clandestine personal contacts in Belgrade . He , too , learned of the Army's plans on the day of Baker's visit : I knew the JNA was going to attack five ...
... Defence Minister , Martin Spegelj , after a lifetime in the JNA , had also retained clandestine personal contacts in Belgrade . He , too , learned of the Army's plans on the day of Baker's visit : I knew the JNA was going to attack five ...
Page 173
... defence units to begin resisting the JNA . Kučan made a television address in which he announced that his republic would ' respond with all measures to this act of aggression ' . The Territorial defence units had , he said , been ...
... defence units to begin resisting the JNA . Kučan made a television address in which he announced that his republic would ' respond with all measures to this act of aggression ' . The Territorial defence units had , he said , been ...
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... defence . Who did he think would serve in this territorial defence ? Against whom ? Against the Serbs ? I begged him to rescind this decision . I told him this may lead to war . Izetbegović told me he was sorry but there was nothing he ...
... defence . Who did he think would serve in this territorial defence ? Against whom ? Against the Serbs ? I begged him to rescind this decision . I told him this may lead to war . Izetbegović told me he was sorry but there was nothing he ...
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