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 140
... village near the town of Vukovar on the Danube . Kir was against the excursion . He knew that it would inflame the local Serbs . But , under intimidation , he agreed . From outside the village , Šušak and his companions fired three ...
... village near the town of Vukovar on the Danube . Kir was against the excursion . He knew that it would inflame the local Serbs . But , under intimidation , he agreed . From outside the village , Šušak and his companions fired three ...
Page 171
... village surrounded by Serb - held territory . Since March 1 , the day of the battle at Plitvice , the villagers of Kijevo had barricaded themselves in . Martić had come to regard Kijevo as an irritating anomaly Croat village in the ...
... village surrounded by Serb - held territory . Since March 1 , the day of the battle at Plitvice , the villagers of Kijevo had barricaded themselves in . Martić had come to regard Kijevo as an irritating anomaly Croat village in the ...
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... village fell in less than twenty - four hours . Two hundred Serb paramilitaries entered the village while others blocked the entrances and exits . House by house they ordered the people out into the main street . The men were separated ...
... village fell in less than twenty - four hours . Two hundred Serb paramilitaries entered the village while others blocked the entrances and exits . House by house they ordered the people out into the main street . The men were separated ...
Contents
LAYING THE CHARGE | 31 |
No One Should Dare to Beat You 377 | 37 |
No Way Back | 48 |
Copyright | |
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