The Death of YugoslaviaThis 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 208
In fact , it was a work of scholarship , not politics , intended to promote
philosophical discourse among Muslims . In it , he excluded the “ use of violence
in the creation of a Muslim state , because it defiles the beauty of the name of
Islam .
In fact , it was a work of scholarship , not politics , intended to promote
philosophical discourse among Muslims . In it , he excluded the “ use of violence
in the creation of a Muslim state , because it defiles the beauty of the name of
Islam .
Page 298
A political and military sea - change followed : the Muslims began to fight back . A
Sarajevo psychiatrist , called Ljiljana Oruč , kept her sense of humor throughout
the siege . In the summer of 1993 she described the Bosnian capital as one vast
...
A political and military sea - change followed : the Muslims began to fight back . A
Sarajevo psychiatrist , called Ljiljana Oruč , kept her sense of humor throughout
the siege . In the summer of 1993 she described the Bosnian capital as one vast
...
Page 301
It was a Muslim village , with a population of 250 . It lay on the ... Those Muslims
still trapped in the town begged the Swedish UN force billeted ... The Muslim
Army , he told them , was closing in on the town from the north , west , and south .
It was a Muslim village , with a population of 250 . It lay on the ... Those Muslims
still trapped in the town begged the Swedish UN force billeted ... The Muslim
Army , he told them , was closing in on the town from the north , west , and south .
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| Title | The Death of Yugoslavia BBC Series Penguin current events |
| Authors | Laura Silber, Allan Little |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Penguin, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0140261680, 9780140261684 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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