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 134
... town like its western Slavonian hinterland – was a kaleidoscope of intermingling national groups . The town's boast was that it had twenty national minorities : Czechs , Poles , Ruthenes , Italians , Slovaks , Hungarians and others ...
... town like its western Slavonian hinterland – was a kaleidoscope of intermingling national groups . The town's boast was that it had twenty national minorities : Czechs , Poles , Ruthenes , Italians , Slovaks , Hungarians and others ...
Page 135
... town had suffered physical damage ; broken windows and pock - marked walls and roofs . But no one was killed or ... town . The JNA tanks rolled in later that evening . There was chaos , with the Serb rebels firing into the town from the ...
... town had suffered physical damage ; broken windows and pock - marked walls and roofs . But no one was killed or ... town . The JNA tanks rolled in later that evening . There was chaos , with the Serb rebels firing into the town from the ...
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... town of Glina , from which the Croats had been driven in July and August ; and the third was in eastern Slavonia , and Baranja which shares a frontier with Serbia . The Croats retaliated . In several cities and towns there was a ...
... town of Glina , from which the Croats had been driven in July and August ; and the third was in eastern Slavonia , and Baranja which shares a frontier with Serbia . The Croats retaliated . In several cities and towns there was a ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
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