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 178
... Vukovar had begun . The next day , the Federal Air Force carried out sixty- five sorties against Croatian positions in Vukovar and elsewhere.9 Ground troops advanced to within a few hundred yards of the town center . On the same day ...
... Vukovar had begun . The next day , the Federal Air Force carried out sixty- five sorties against Croatian positions in Vukovar and elsewhere.9 Ground troops advanced to within a few hundred yards of the town center . On the same day ...
Page 179
... Vukovar of its last precarious access route along the footpath through the corn- fields . There was now no way in or out of Vukovar . In terror , 700 civilians now left their shelters and fled into the hospital complex . In being ...
... Vukovar of its last precarious access route along the footpath through the corn- fields . There was now no way in or out of Vukovar . In terror , 700 civilians now left their shelters and fled into the hospital complex . In being ...
Page 180
... Vukovar a JNA officer arrogantly replied to the protesting ICRC representative that this was Yugoslavia , his country , and if the ICRC didn't like it , it was welcome to leave . The unsupervised evacuation proceeded . By now , bands of ...
... Vukovar a JNA officer arrogantly replied to the protesting ICRC representative that this was Yugoslavia , his country , and if the ICRC didn't like it , it was welcome to leave . The unsupervised evacuation proceeded . By now , bands of ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
Copyright | |
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