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 124
... Stipe Mesić , Croatia's representa- tive , arrived at the Federal Presidency , the usual venue for Presidency ses- sions , he was alarmed to find a group of JNA officers waiting for him there . They ordered him into a military bus ...
... Stipe Mesić , Croatia's representa- tive , arrived at the Federal Presidency , the usual venue for Presidency ses- sions , he was alarmed to find a group of JNA officers waiting for him there . They ordered him into a military bus ...
Page 151
... Mesić . Milošević's placement on the Federal Presidency had blocked the auto- matic succession of Croatia's representative Stipe Mesić as president of the country's eight - member collective - head - of - state . Under the constitution ...
... Mesić . Milošević's placement on the Federal Presidency had blocked the auto- matic succession of Croatia's representative Stipe Mesić as president of the country's eight - member collective - head - of - state . Under the constitution ...
Page 183
... Stipe Mesić called on the owners of small boats , up and down the Dalmatian coast , to join him in a convoy to break the JNA's naval blockade . As stunts go , it was bold and imaginative . But it was a stunt none the less . For two days ...
... Stipe Mesić called on the owners of small boats , up and down the Dalmatian coast , to join him in a convoy to break the JNA's naval blockade . As stunts go , it was bold and imaginative . But it was a stunt none the less . For two days ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
Copyright | |
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