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 129
... clear agenda , or any agenda at all , ” Djukić said of the meeting . Djukić later recalled that the speakers started mumbling nonsense about the economy . The mayors jeered in protest . “ You , Comrades , " said Jovan Cvetković of ...
... clear agenda , or any agenda at all , ” Djukić said of the meeting . Djukić later recalled that the speakers started mumbling nonsense about the economy . The mayors jeered in protest . “ You , Comrades , " said Jovan Cvetković of ...
Page 317
... clear . The Serbs had no intention of complying . They were going to take NATO to the wire . Four days before the ultimatum expired , John Major went to Moscow to see Russian President Boris Yeltsin . After their meeting , Yeltsin made ...
... clear . The Serbs had no intention of complying . They were going to take NATO to the wire . Four days before the ultimatum expired , John Major went to Moscow to see Russian President Boris Yeltsin . After their meeting , Yeltsin made ...
Page 320
... clear that support for a state's territorial integrity was a univer- sal concept which could not be applied to one country of former Yugoslavia and not to another . If Croatia wanted to grab its chunk of Bosnia , then it could forget ...
... clear that support for a state's territorial integrity was a univer- sal concept which could not be applied to one country of former Yugoslavia and not to another . If Croatia wanted to grab its chunk of Bosnia , then it could forget ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
Copyright | |
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