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 174
... barracks . Two hundred JNA men , mostly recruits , were taken prisoner , and the barracks ' commander was killed : local Croatian Guard officers claimed he shot himself in full view of his men in the forecourt of the town hospital ...
... barracks . Two hundred JNA men , mostly recruits , were taken prisoner , and the barracks ' commander was killed : local Croatian Guard officers claimed he shot himself in full view of his men in the forecourt of the town hospital ...
Page 239
... barracks , and without strong leadership the situa- tion threatened to get out of control . MacKenzie drove to Lukavica with the EC representative in the city , Colm Doyle , a major in the Irish Army . He found an angry crowd besieging ...
... barracks , and without strong leadership the situa- tion threatened to get out of control . MacKenzie drove to Lukavica with the EC representative in the city , Colm Doyle , a major in the Irish Army . He found an angry crowd besieging ...
Page 240
... barracks , it struck the Bosnian militiamen laying siege to Kukanjac that they had been tricked . The Bosnian territorial defense was desperately under - equipped . On front - line positions around the city , TO men were defending ...
... barracks , it struck the Bosnian militiamen laying siege to Kukanjac that they had been tricked . The Bosnian territorial defense was desperately under - equipped . On front - line positions around the city , TO men were defending ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
Copyright | |
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