Yugoslavia : Death of a Nation

by Silber, Laura (Author); Little, Allan (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780140262636
• ISBN10: 0140262636
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

"The most authoritative account in English or any other language about how the war began."-- The Washington Post Book World. "An essential resource for anyone of the conflict."-- The New York Times Book Review.

Table of Contents

Maps	8	(7)
Cast of Characters	15	(9)
Abbreviations	24	(1)
Note on Pronunciation
Introduction	25	(6)
PART ONE: LAYING THE CHARGE
``This is Our Land''	31	(6)
``No One Should Dare to Beat You''	37	(11)
``No Way Back''	48	(10)
``Comrade Slobodan, Think Hard''	58	(12)
Tsar Lazar's Choice	70	(12)
``A Croatian Rifle on a Croatian Shoulder''	82	(10)
PART TWO: LIGHTING THE FUSE
``The Remnants of a Slaughtered People''	92	(13)
``You've Chosen War''	105	(14)
``If We Don't Know How to Work, At Least We Know How to Fight''	119	(15)
The Descent into War	134	(13)
Conversations of the Deaf	147	(7)
PART THREE: THE EXPLOSION OF WAR
``The Hour of Europe has Dawned''	154	(15)
``An Undeclared and Dirty War''	169	(21)
Yugoslavia a la Carte	190	(15)
PART FOUR: BOSNIA
Before the Deluge	205	(17)
The Gates of Hell	222	(9)
The President is Kidnapped	231	(13)
The Cleansing	244	(14)
``We are the Winners''	258	(7)
The Hottest Corner	265	(11)
Last-chance Cafe	276	(15)
Beware Your Friend a Hundred-fold	291	(12)
The HMS Invisible	303	(6)
A Question of Control	309	(10)
``Gaining Moral Ground''	319	(5)
To the Mogadishu Line	324	(11)
``A Dagger in the Back''	335	(10)
PART FIVE: THE ENDGAME
``Let us be Pragmatic''	345	(19)
Pax Americana	364	(18)
Conclusion	382	(9)
Acknowledgments	391	(2)
Index	393