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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... told me people were gathering outside their blocks of flats in heated discussion . Ten minutes later someone told me students were leaving the campus . I realized something would happen that night , so I returned to the office to ...
... told me people were gathering outside their blocks of flats in heated discussion . Ten minutes later someone told me students were leaving the campus . I realized something would happen that night , so I returned to the office to ...
Page 172
... told him what it was about and told him he was responsible for the order which was released then by General Kadijević . Marković expressed surprise and appeared not to know what was happening , even though , that day , his own ...
... told him what it was about and told him he was responsible for the order which was released then by General Kadijević . Marković expressed surprise and appeared not to know what was happening , even though , that day , his own ...
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... told him that it was impos- sible . Their demand , their objective was to destroy Bosnia as a country . He asked me ' What will you do ? ' I told him we would fight back . Carrington paused . He looked me in the eye and said , ' What ...
... told him that it was impos- sible . Their demand , their objective was to destroy Bosnia as a country . He asked me ' What will you do ? ' I told him we would fight back . Carrington paused . He looked me in the eye and said , ' What ...
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