Subjects:  1. Cinema/Film: Book    2. History    3. Motion picture industry    4. Motion pictures    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Telecommunications    7. Yugoslavia    8. Films, cinema    9. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000    10. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Causes    2. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    3. Europe - General    4. History    5. History - General History    6. Politics/International Relations    7. Protest movements    8. Yugoslav War, 1991-    9. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995    10. Yugoslavia    11. Civil war    12. European history: from c 1900 -    13. Sociology, Social Studies    14. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

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Organized Madness
This book is about one single village in Kosovo and the case against those who destroyed it.The book is broken down into sections about The Victims, The Perpetrators, The Plan, etc.From a roll of undeveloped film found in a field we see pictures and self-portraits of the Serb paramilitary men who wreaked havoc on this small pocket of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999.
War Crimes in Kosovo
May 19, 1999, A Village Destroyed, hundreds of Kosovars are captured in JUST ONE, OF THE KOSOVA villages, by the serbian thieves,criminals,put out of prison "people" wearing police and army uniforms - they get all their valuables then they kill all men just to burn their bodies afterwards. Luckily, two men survive the "Lightning" gang policemans" bullets as they were meant to find themselves under somebody elses body...Read more

Subjects:  1. Albanians    2. Atrocities    3. Civil War, 1998-1999    4. Crimes against    5. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    6. Government - Comparative    7. History    8. History & Theory - General    9. Kosovo    10. Kosovo (Serbia)    11. Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights    12. Political Science    13. Politics / Current Events    14. Politics/International Relations    15. Serbia    16. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    17. Social Science / Anthropology / General    18. War crimes    19. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia    20. c 1980 to c 1990    21. c 1990 to c 2000   

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Terrificbook!
Impossible Histories is a terrific collection of essays bringing together information on the Yugoslav avant-gardes that has never been available in any language in one place before. The essays consider the avant-gardes in film, photography and video, avant-garde music and rock, and they topics ranging from conceptual art and Laibach back to the earliest Barbarageniuses such as Ljubomir Micic, Avgust Cernigoj, Branko Ve Poljanski and Srecko Kosovel. The book brings together amazing material in its illustrations and manifestoes. Highly recommended! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th Century Art    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. European    5. History - Contemporary (1945- )    6. History - General    7. History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)    8. 20th century    9. Art / History / General    10. Cultural studies    11. History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -    12. The Arts: General Issues    13. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

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Detailed but largely unsatisfying analysis
Although very dated at this point, with no consideration given to the crucial 1995 military operations in Croatia and then Bosnia and the ensuing Dayton Accords in a revised and updated edition, "Balkan Tragedy" is still a somewhat useful source because it provides considerable in-depth analysis of the underlying economic and structural causes of Yugoslavia's break-up. Woodward also tries to broaden the scope of her analysis to consider the ways in which the wider international context influenced events in the former Yugoslavia and even fomented their intensification. However, while this approach does clarify many events that occurred after the wars in Croatia and Bosnia had already begun, Woodward does not quite succeed in providing completely credible explanations for the actual origins of the Yugoslav crisis. Despite the hefty text, extensive research and copious footnotes, one can't escape the feeling that Woodward's approach is at times piecemeal (to paraphrase her former boss, the tragicomical Yasushi Akashi), primarily when dealing with the international players (from the IMF to the EU and U.S. State Department) who she insists bear a great deal of the responsibility for the Yugoslav tragedy. For while she often provides detailed explanations of the political and economic factors and pressures at play within the former Yugoslavia and their impact on decision-making and political events (which often seems to exonerate the various Yugoslav leaders of their culpability for concrete abuses of power and war crimes), she does not similarly analyze the economic/structural aspects and motivations guiding the foreign policies of the various outside powers which could have and eventually did influence Yugoslav events - even though her approach would seem to demand such consideration. Regardless of the degree of complicity of international players in the Yugoslav tragedy (and it was great), the prime responsibility for the political breakdown and course of Yugoslavia's dissolution lies with the various post-Yugoslav leaders (some more than others). After all, they made the decisions on how to respond to and/or manipulate international (primarily economic) pressures and domestic (often nationalistic) tensions, and this is not made sufficiently clear in Woodward's book.

A medicinal pill for the effortlessly righteous
The book sometimes hides its thesis behind detail, and is not easy to follow.It was finished for the press before the Croat offensive of Spring 1995, and loses some perspective in consequence.Hence only four stars! It is very thoroughly researched (not just full of footnotes), and it isone of the very few books on the Bosnian war which doesn't simply pickheroes and villains - which has, of course, led to it being denounced aspro-Serb.Woodward's main line is that the basis of conflict was 'theeconomy, stupid'.Successive blunders in the terms of IMF loans, andmisjudged changes in the federal constitution, set the constituentrepublics against each other.Misunderstanding of the issues (andGerman/Austrian favouritism to Balkan clients) led the European powers intogrossly unprincipled and utopian interventions.The federation was leveredapart, while preserving intact the constituent republics.This was a'solution' to the wrong set of problems.The United States, continuallyencouraging the Bosnian Muslims to wait for the NATO fairy to rescue them(it didn't), completed the sorry work of war-making - though this lastelement is better documented elsewhere (e.g. in Rose's _Fighting forPeace_).I don't agree with all of the author's opinions. In particular,I think national allegiances run deeper and history is more relevant thanshe wants to believe.But it is a serious attempt to rescue this piece ofcontemporary history from self-indulgent moral one-upmanship and propagandasaturation.If only Woodward could write as well as Ivo Banac!

Excellent, balanced, scholarly analysis of the Balkan wars
Excellent, balanced, credible and more importantly- SCHOLARLY analysis of the Balkan conflicts.Woodward's in-depth study blows away the simplisticanswers other writers have offered to solving the extremely complexproblems in the region.A good critique of current US foreign policy inthe former Yugoslavia.Can't wait for her next book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Causes    2. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    3. General    4. History - General History    5. International Relations - General    6. Nationalism    7. Political Science    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995    10. Yugoslavia    11. Civil war    12. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    13. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    14. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia    15. c 1990 to c 2000   

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An Education of Emotions
If you think you know all there is to know about Sarajevo from news reports and critical analyses, read this book.It will change your mind.The letters can be heartbreaking, inspiring, utterly depressing, hopeful...even all at the same time.The accounts from children especially took my breath away.The only thing lacking in this book is an epilogue.You feel so close to the letter writers, the urge to know whether they've survived and, if so, how, is overwhelming. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    2. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    3. Eastern Europe - Yugoslavia    4. General    5. History    6. Personal narratives    7. Political Discontent And Violence    8. Politics - Current Events    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovi    11. Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)    12. Siege, 1992-    13. Biography: general    14. Bosnia-Herzegovina    15. Civil war   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. American - General    3. American Contemporary Poetry    4. Biography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Historical - Holocaust    7. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)    8. Literary    9. Poetry    10. Poets, American    11. Schieber, Ava Kadishson    12. Women    13. World War, 1939-1945    14. Yugoslavia    15. American English    16. Collections & anthologies of various literary forms    17. Drawing & drawings    18. History / Holocaust    19. Poetry anthologies: from c 1900 -    20. Serbia    21. The Holocaust   

Subjects:  1. Bosnia-Herzegovina    2. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    3. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

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The terror of life in Sarajevo.
Dizdarevic does a good job of showing the terror of everyday life in Sarajevo.What struck me about this book is how the population slowly accomodated itself to random shootings and starvation.As the population adjusted itself, you can feel the anger welling up inside the author against the world leaders and the UN.UN troops sat around and did nothing.These troops were Canadians and French who watched Serb troops shoot down innocent civilians.When the Bosnians tried to defend themselves, these same UN troops issued veiled threats against these defenses.It just goes to show the spineless foreign policy of the UN and those who provide troops for these peace keeping missions. An Amazing, Shocking Journal of the Balkan Conflict!
The man who wrote this book wrote from his heart, not merely his head.He gave insights that only a true 'survivor' of modern-day war could give.Beautifully written and powerfully emotional, this book is life-changing.

Chilling journal of siege's first 16 months
The author was an editor of Oslobodjenje, Sarajevo's independent newspaper that continued to publish daily throughout the 1992-1995 period that the city was besieged by Serb nationalist forces. The journal entries take in just the first 16 months of that siege. It is chilling to realize that the siege would continue for more than two years beyond the period covered by the journal-and that populations in some other cities and villages suffered even more than did Sarajevo's. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    2. Diaries    3. Dizdareviâc, Zlatko    4. Eastern Europe - Yugoslavia    5. General    6. History    7. History: World    8. Military History - 1990-    9. Personal narratives, Bosnian    10. Politics - Current Events    11. Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)    12. Siege, 1992-    13. Dizdarevic, Zlatko   

Subjects:  1. Atrocities    2. Courts - General    3. Criminal Law - General    4. General    5. History    6. History: World    7. International    8. International Tribunal for the    9. International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Netherlands    12. The Hague    13. War crime trials    14. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995    15. Law / International    16. War crimes   

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A Unique Perspective on What Was Lost
Simply beautiful.Amidst the outpour of dry political/historical literature that attempted to explain and contextualize the breakup of Yugoslavia, Debeljak's essay represents a very unique perspective of Yugoslavia's brilliant popular culture as a symbol of the new energy, creativity, and initiative that had come to characterize the first truly Yugoslav generations: that young segment of society that, if not obstructed by politics and warmongering, could very well have led the peoples of this southwest Balkan state towards an era of a truly "cosmopolitan" national identity.Debeljak laments the creative, constructive and truly "Yugoslav" intellectual and cultural force that was supressed and destructed by the wars of the 90s.His work provides a unique perspective of a frequently overlooked aspect of Yugoslav identity which many today claim never existed.The emotional force of the writing of this X-Yugoslav additionally proves that it did.

Should be rated with no stars
Ah how biased is this book! I wonder how somebody can right this and claim it to be true.....Croatia was arming for war much before Milosevic came to power.Tudjman was a real war monger and a real Radical nationalist. He aimed to clean Croatia of Serbs (like Pavelic started in W.W.II)and he managed to do it in 1995, with Clinton's help.
tedious and one-sided finger-pointing
After reading this essay, I was impressed by how little impression it made on me.Other than this: it is written by a very self-absorbed poet/philosopher who laments the collapse of Yugoslavia, but only offers one-sided blame towards the Serb republic.This made for a very tedious read, as not a single high-flown metaphor of Debeljak's is directed towards any Slovenian politician who might have played a role in the disaster.In fact, while gnashing his teeth over the Yugoslavia that was taken away from his generation, Debeljak then talks about his pride in defending his Slovenian homeland from the Serb "aggressors".Was the Yugoslavian National Army not in fact trying to keep Yugoslavia whole?It's contradictions like this that make for a very weak essay.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1961-    2. Anthologies (multiple authors)    3. Contemporary Politics - Eastern Europe    4. Debeljak, Ales,    5. Debeljak, Aleés,    6. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    7. General    8. Multiculturalism    9. Personal narratives, Slovenian    10. Politics / Current Events    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995    13. Yugoslavia    14. Debeljak, Ales    15. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    16. Literary Collections / Essays    17. Political structure & processes    18. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

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The propaganda war
A great book to understand why the Yugloslav people went to war in 1991. MacDonald shows how the Holocaust was instrumentalized during the nineties by both Croats, Muslims and Serbs, in order to portray the other republics as evil enemies bound on the destruction of the other nationalities. By claiming a role as victim, nationalist leaders like Milosevic and Tudjman could rally support for a war against the other republics, relying heavily on Yugoslav history. Croats were portrayed as descendants of the fascist Ustasa-regime, which ruled Croatia during WW II and persecuted Jews and Serbs alike. This "genocidal nature", Serb nationalists claimed, wasn't erased by history and manifested itself again, and therefore legitimized a "defensive war". Croat nationalists told the same horror stories to prove the Serbian "genocidal nature", which would explain why independence and a war against Serbs were necessary for the Croatian people to survive. Although McDonald often repeats the same message, he does succeed in making clearwhy Croats, Serbs and Muslims went to war in 1991. Mind that this is an academic book, primairly aimed at historians and university students. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Croatia    3. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    4. Eastern Europe - General    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. International Relations - General    9. Media Studies    10. Nationalism    11. Propaganda, Serbian    12. Serbia    13. Serbia and Montenegro    14. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    15. Genocide    16. International relations    17. Propaganda    18. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

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Great Read!
Great read. Very accessabile to all interested in what the international community is doing in post-conflict societies.
Excellent case study in administration
Anne Holohan's book is a must-read for all managers, administrators, peacekeepers and development and aid workers. She takes two municipalities in Kosovo after the intervention in 1999 and compares how their paths towards development and reconstruction diverged. The book is fast-paced and eminently readable, particularly chapters 3 and 4 that are peppered with personal, and at the same time, relevant anecdotes. The second chapter that deals with sociological theory while of interest to academics can probably be skipped by the layperson. Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Civil War, 1998-1999    3. Communication and technology    4. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    5. History    6. International Relations - General    7. Intervention (International law)    8. Kosovo (Serbia)    9. Political Freedom & Security - General    10. Political Ideologies - Democracy    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Serbia and Montenegro    13. Social Science    14. Sociology    15. United Nations    16. Afghanistan    17. Iraq    18. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT    19. Political structures: democracy    20. Sociology, Social Studies    21. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. 20th Century Architecture    2. 20th century    3. Architecture    4. Architecture Of Specific Structures    5. Belgrade    6. Belgrade (Serbia)    7. Buildings, structures, etc    8. Criticism    9. History - General    10. History - Specific Styles    11. International Architecture - European    12. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    13. Serbia    14. Yugoslavia    15. Architecture / History    16. History of specific subjects    17. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    18. Theory of architecture   

Subjects:  1. 1945-1992    2. Bosnia and Hercegovina    3. Causes    4. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    5. History    6. History - General History    7. Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism    8. Political Science    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Yugoslav war, 1991-1995    11. Bosnia-Herzegovina    12. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    13. Political Science / International Relations    14. Warfare & Defence    15. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia    16. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. General    4. Great Britain    5. History    6. MI6    7. Military Science    8. Reed, Owen,    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Secret service    11. Spies    12. Technology    13. Underground movements    14. World War, 1939-1945    15. Yugoslavia    16. d. 1997   

Subjects:  1. Essays    2. History & Theory - General    3. Political Science    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Area / regional studies    7. Canada    8. Globalization    9. India    10. Mexico    11. Revolutions & coups    12. USA    13. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. History - Military / War    2. Military    3. Military - Aviation    4. European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland)    5. History / Military / Aviation    6. Peace studies    7. Special & elite forces    8. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Comic book & cartoon art    3. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    4. Yugoslavia & former Yugoslavia   

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buy his one!
Bokovoy et al present here the most important contribution to the study of post-war Yugoslavia yet published.This volume includes important studies of archival materials unavailable to earlier researchers, precisely translated from Slovene, Serbian and Russian and analysed with intelligence, clarity and verve. (Willis Johnson, Univ. of California, Berkeley ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1945-1980    2. 1945-1992    3. 1980-1992    4. Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics    5. History & Theory - General    6. International Relations - General    7. Political History    8. Political Science    9. Politics - Current Events    10. Politics / Current Events    11. Politics and government    12. Politics/International Relations    13. Social Policy    14. Yugoslavia    15. Social Science / Sociology / General