Yugoslavian Inferno Ethnoreligious Warfare in the Balkans
After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, no-one was prepared for the violent dissolution of Yugoslavia. Suddenly old terms like chetnik and ustasha found new currency, and a new term surfaced – 'ethnic cleansing' – with its sickening echo of 'final solution'. The upsurge of...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2016
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Bloomsbury |
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| Schriftenreihe: | History and politics of the 20th century |
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| ISBN: | 9781474288385, 1474288383, 1474288375, 9781474288378 |
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- Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Maps -- Guide to Pronunciation -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I NEVER AGAIN? -- ANTICIPATING WAR -- THE WAR ARRIVES -- WHAT IS THIS WARFARE ABOUT? -- CHAPTER 2 MYTHO-HISTORY -- SERBS -- CROATS -- SLOVENES -- BOSNIANS AND HERZEGOVINIANS -- MACEDONIANS -- MONTENEGRINS -- THE MYTHIC ELEMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 3 THE DESTRUCTIVE USE OF MEMORY -- THE HERITAGE OF HORROR -- REVENGE AND SPITE -- PROPAGANDA: GOOD GUYS VS. BAD GUYS -- LIES, LIES, LIES -- THE RETURN OF PRIMITIVISM -- THE LOCKSMITH WAS BETTER -- CHAPTER 4 LAST CHANCE FOR A UNIFIED YUGOSLAVIA -- CHAPTER 5 THE UNRESOLVED NATIONAL QUESTION -- THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM -- THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN THE FIRST YUGOSLAVIA -- THE TITOIST APPROACH TO THE NATIONAL QUESTION -- THE POST-TITO RESURRECTION OF NATIONAL CONFLICTS -- NATIONALISM BREAKS UP THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF YUGOSLAVIA -- ETHNIC NATIONALISM AS THE NEW ORDER -- THE IMPACT OF ETHNIC NATIONALISM -- CHAPTER 6 CIVIL WAR OR WAR BETWEEN COUNTRIES? -- ALTERNATE PERCEPTIONS OF THE CONFLICT -- OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS OF WAR-MAKING -- PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHES IN KOSOVO AND CROATIA -- WAR IN SLOVENIA: A FIZZLED "BLITZKRIEG -- WAR IN CROATIA: THE FIRST SERB-CROAT WAR -- WAR IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: THE BOSNIAN POT BOILS OVER -- WAR IN SERBIA? BLOODIEST YET? -- A WIDER BALKAN WAR? -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7 THE RELIGIOUS COMPONENT IN THE WARS -- CONTRIBUTION OF THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES TOWARD HATRED AND WAR -- 1. The Roman Catholic Contribution to Nationalism -- 2. The Serbian Orthodox Role in the Disintegration of Yugoslavia -- 3. Bosnian Muslims: Ethnoreligious Ambiguity -- 4. Macedonian Orthodox Separatism -- 5. Protestants: Inability to Withstand War Propaganda -- THE RECONCILING ROLE OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 8 WHO OR WHAT IS TO BLAME?
- 1. The Unsolved National Question -- 2. Politicians -- 3. Intellectuals -- 4. The Yugoslav Army -- 5. War Criminals -- 6. The Press and Media -- 7. Religious Leadership -- 8. Collective Responsibility -- 9. International Community -- TO SUM UP -- CHAPTER 9 WILL UN SANCTIONS TOPPLE THE REGIME IN YUGOSLAVIA? -- CHAPTER 10 SLOVENIA AND MACEDONIA: A STUDY IN CONTRASTS -- THE SLOVENIAN SECESSION AND WAR -- ECONOMIC WORRIES -- THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR IN SLOVENIA -- THE MACEDONIAN NEGOTIATED SECESSION -- THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN MACEDONIA -- THE ECONOMIC AFFLICTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 11 CROATIA: NEITHER WAR NOR PEACE -- CHAPTER 12 ENDING THE WAR -- DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVES TO END THE WAR -- FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION -- MY PROPOSAL TO END THE WARS -- CHAPTER 13 AND THE WAR GOES ON -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX