The Death of YugoslaviaThis 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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It attracted just seventy - six signatures . But , later , they were to garner wider
public support with their frequently repeated simple message : “ This is our land .
If Kosovo and Metohija are not Serbian then we don ' t have any land of our own .
It attracted just seventy - six signatures . But , later , they were to garner wider
public support with their frequently repeated simple message : “ This is our land .
If Kosovo and Metohija are not Serbian then we don ' t have any land of our own .
Page 374
They now had more land than the previously agreed 51 - 49 split , after Milošević
' s concession on the Goražde corridor . Christopher showed it to Izetbegović ,
urging : “ Don ' t let this deal get away . ” The Americans left the chart with ...
They now had more land than the previously agreed 51 - 49 split , after Milošević
' s concession on the Goražde corridor . Christopher showed it to Izetbegović ,
urging : “ Don ' t let this deal get away . ” The Americans left the chart with ...
Page 375
In return , Milošević demanded the town of Brčko , at the mouth of the land
corridor connecting Serbia proper with Bosnian Serb lands in the west . At Brčko ,
the corridor was at its most vulnerable point only five kilometers wide . The
question of ...
In return , Milošević demanded the town of Brčko , at the mouth of the land
corridor connecting Serbia proper with Bosnian Serb lands in the west . At Brčko ,
the corridor was at its most vulnerable point only five kilometers wide . The
question of ...
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