The Death of YugoslaviaPenguin, 1996 - 400 pages This is a survey of the pressures and events that contributed to the break-up of former Yugoslavia - considered from a historical rather than a political or sociological point of view. The book accompanies a six-part series on BBC2, screened in 1995. This edition has one extra chapter that takes the narrative up to the Dayton Accord. |
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Page 171
... Mladić understood the Krajina Serb mentality . He was a life - long Communist who now switched his allegiance from defending Yugoslavia to the task , as he saw it , of protecting the Serbs against resur- gent Croatian fascism . Mladić ...
... Mladić understood the Krajina Serb mentality . He was a life - long Communist who now switched his allegiance from defending Yugoslavia to the task , as he saw it , of protecting the Serbs against resur- gent Croatian fascism . Mladić ...
Page 172
... Mladić , acting together , struck . In a twelve - hour bombardment , the village of Kijevo was levelled . Martić was filmed by a Belgrade television crew while his troops ripped down a sign post in Latin script , of course at the ...
... Mladić , acting together , struck . In a twelve - hour bombardment , the village of Kijevo was levelled . Martić was filmed by a Belgrade television crew while his troops ripped down a sign post in Latin script , of course at the ...
Page 269
... Mladić would not let them through . To Thornberry's acute embarrassment , Mladić , the Bosnian Serb commander , never hid his inten- tions . The Canadians would only be allowed to go to Srebrenica when his Army's military task was ...
... Mladić would not let them through . To Thornberry's acute embarrassment , Mladić , the Bosnian Serb commander , never hid his inten- tions . The Canadians would only be allowed to go to Srebrenica when his Army's military task was ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
Copyright | |
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