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 29
... ( Tito's last ) , the country was decentralized to an unprecedented extent . Yet while Tito was alive , that decentralization was notional , rather than real : there were no doubts about who held the reins of power . Tito was himself a ...
... ( Tito's last ) , the country was decentralized to an unprecedented extent . Yet while Tito was alive , that decentralization was notional , rather than real : there were no doubts about who held the reins of power . Tito was himself a ...
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... Tito's hard - line interior minister , Aleksandar Ranković , was ousted in 1966.8 Over the next twenty years , and especially after 1974 , ethnic Albanians ruled the roost , holding most positions of power in the province . In the ...
... Tito's hard - line interior minister , Aleksandar Ranković , was ousted in 1966.8 Over the next twenty years , and especially after 1974 , ethnic Albanians ruled the roost , holding most positions of power in the province . In the ...
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... Tito's heir apparent until he died in 1979 , Kardelj said Stambolić and his comrades should work towards changing the constitution . But by Tito's death in 1980 , no progress had been made , and afterwards the question was shelved . A ...
... Tito's heir apparent until he died in 1979 , Kardelj said Stambolić and his comrades should work towards changing the constitution . But by Tito's death in 1980 , no progress had been made , and afterwards the question was shelved . A ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
Copyright | |
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