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 135
... killed or injured . It was a text - book operation , perfectly executed . The Belgrade press erupted , reporting a flood of refugees , 20,000 - strong , pouring into Serbia and claimed that eleven Serbs had been killed , including an ...
... killed or injured . It was a text - book operation , perfectly executed . The Belgrade press erupted , reporting a flood of refugees , 20,000 - strong , pouring into Serbia and claimed that eleven Serbs had been killed , including an ...
Page 245
... killing . They were forced to dig mass graves and collect and bury the bodies of their families and neighbors . Sometimes , those on grave detail would themselves be killed and thrown on top of the bodies they had just delivered . The ...
... killing . They were forced to dig mass graves and collect and bury the bodies of their families and neighbors . Sometimes , those on grave detail would themselves be killed and thrown on top of the bodies they had just delivered . The ...
Page 309
... killed sixty- nine , and left more than 200 wounded . Why had it sown such havoc ? Some survivors said they thought it had struck an overhead plastic canopy on the way down and exploded just above head height , showering the market with ...
... killed sixty- nine , and left more than 200 wounded . Why had it sown such havoc ? Some survivors said they thought it had struck an overhead plastic canopy on the way down and exploded just above head height , showering the market with ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
Copyright | |
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