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Yugoslavia :death of a nation / Laura Silber

By: Silber, LauraContributor(s): Silber, Laura | Little, AllanMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :Variety Books Publishers & Distributors | :B-10 Street No 2 West Vinod Nagar Delhi 110092 Publication details: New York : Penguin Books, 1997Description: 403p : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmISBN: 9780140262636Subject(s): History | History of Europe | History of ancient world (to c. 499) | Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 | Yougoslavie -- Histoire -- 1980-1992 | Bosnienkrieg | Jugoslawien | Jugoslawien -- BürgerkriegDDC classification: 949.7024 SIL

Contents:

"This is our land": the stirring of Serb nationalism -- "No one should dare to beat you": the rise of Slobodan Milosevic April 1987-December 1987 -- "No way back": the Slovene spring, 1988 -- "Comrade Slobodan, think hard": Milosevic's anti-bureaucratic revolution July 1988-March 1989 -- Tsar Lazar's choice: March 1989-January 1990 -- "A Croatian rifle on a Croatian shoulder": the awakening of Croatia 1989-1990 -- "The remnants of a slaughtered people": the Knin Rebellion January-August 1990 -- "You've chosen war": the arming of Slovenia and Croatia April 1990-January 1991 -- "If we don't know how to work, at least we know how to fight": the decisive month March 1991 -- The descent into war: Croatia and the Serbs February-June 1991 -- Conversations of the deaf: the last chance squandered May-June 1991 -- "The hour of Europe has dawned": Slovenia's phoney war June-July 1991 -- "An undeclared and dirty war": the JNA in Croatia July-December 1991 -- Yugoslavia a la carte: Lord Carrington's plan September 1991-January 1992 -- Before the deluge: July 1990-March 1992 -- The gates of hell: the outbreak of war in Bosnia April 1-10, 1992 -- The president is kidnapped: May 2-3, 1992 -- The cleansing: the summer of 1992 -- "We are the winners": the London Conference May-December 1992 -- The hottest corner: the fall of Srebrenica and UN safe areas April 1993 -- Last-chance cafe: the rise and fall of the Vance-Owen Plan January-May 1993 -- Beware your friend a hundred-fold: the Muslim-Croat Conflict 1992-1994 -- HMS invisible: talks at sea, summer 1993 -- A question of control: the market square bomb and the NATO ultimatum February 1994 -- "Gaining moral ground": the Washington Agreement February 1994 -- To the Mogadishu Line: the battle for Gorazde, April 1994 -- "A dagger in the back": the Serbian split June 1994 -- "Let us be pragmatic": cleaning up the maps July-August 1995 -- Pax Americana.

Summary: Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation draws on hundreds of interviews with politicians, soldiers, and citizens to bring readers behind the scenes of Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II. Published as the companion to the critically acclaimed BBC documentary broadcast on the Discovery Channel.of photos.

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"This is our land": the stirring of Serb nationalism --
"No one should dare to beat you": the rise of Slobodan Milosevic April 1987-December 1987 --
"No way back": the Slovene spring, 1988 --
"Comrade Slobodan, think hard": Milosevic's anti-bureaucratic revolution July 1988-March 1989 --
Tsar Lazar's choice: March 1989-January 1990 --
"A Croatian rifle on a Croatian shoulder": the awakening of Croatia 1989-1990 --
"The remnants of a slaughtered people": the Knin Rebellion January-August 1990 --
"You've chosen war": the arming of Slovenia and Croatia April 1990-January 1991 --
"If we don't know how to work, at least we know how to fight": the decisive month March 1991 --
The descent into war: Croatia and the Serbs February-June 1991 --
Conversations of the deaf: the last chance squandered May-June 1991 --
"The hour of Europe has dawned": Slovenia's phoney war June-July 1991 --
"An undeclared and dirty war": the JNA in Croatia July-December 1991 --
Yugoslavia a la carte: Lord Carrington's plan September 1991-January 1992 --
Before the deluge: July 1990-March 1992 --
The gates of hell: the outbreak of war in Bosnia April 1-10, 1992 --
The president is kidnapped: May 2-3, 1992 --
The cleansing: the summer of 1992 --
"We are the winners": the London Conference May-December 1992 --
The hottest corner: the fall of Srebrenica and UN safe areas April 1993 --
Last-chance cafe: the rise and fall of the Vance-Owen Plan January-May 1993 --
Beware your friend a hundred-fold: the Muslim-Croat Conflict 1992-1994 --
HMS invisible: talks at sea, summer 1993 --
A question of control: the market square bomb and the NATO ultimatum February 1994 --
"Gaining moral ground": the Washington Agreement February 1994 --
To the Mogadishu Line: the battle for Gorazde, April 1994 --
"A dagger in the back": the Serbian split June 1994 --
"Let us be pragmatic": cleaning up the maps July-August 1995 --
Pax Americana.

Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation draws on hundreds of interviews with politicians, soldiers, and citizens to bring readers behind the scenes of Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II. Published as the companion to the critically acclaimed BBC documentary broadcast on the Discovery Channel.of photos.

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