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Yugoslavia's Bloody Collapse (Paperback) Loot Price: R366
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Yugoslavia's Bloody Collapse (Paperback): Christopher Bennett

Yugoslavia's Bloody Collapse (Paperback)

Christopher Bennett

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A dispassionate, intelligent introduction to the civil war that has destroyed the former Yugoslavia. A useful first book by Bennett, a British journalist who has the good fortune to speak both Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian, a skill that has enabled him to draw heavily on literature of the region that would be unavailable to most American or British journalists. Unlike many recent histories of the conflict, this volume dwells neither on the ancient ethnic squabbles of the Middle Ages nor on the appalling atrocities committed against the Bosnians. Instead, it traces political developments from the middle of the last century through the present, showing how the cynical manipulation of nationalist fervor for political gain has been a theme running throughout the region's recent history. Bennett's thesis is that there is little truth to the claims by some journalists that "events which took place half a century earlier" caused the current civil war. Rather, he places much of the blame on the local media for fanning the flames of ethnic hatred, in concert with politicians like Serbian leader Slobodan Milo??evi??. While there is no denying the pernicious role played by the media in the former Yugoslavia, Bennett may be just a little too quick to downplay the role of ethnic strife in the turmoil of the period between the world wars. On the other hand, it is helpful (and painful) to be reminded that Yugoslavia was once the great success story of the Eastern bloc. He is also concise and to the point in his treatment of the WW II period, reminding readers that the Croatian fascists were in fact a minority whose power was handed to them by Hitler and was not the expression of the will of the Croatian people, as some pro-Serb writers have alleged. A good, coolly analytical review of the Yugoslavian conflict. (Kirkus Reviews)
Christopher Bennett argues that Yugoslavia's disintegration was not, contrary to accepted wisdom, the product of inherent and irrational ethnic animosities and centuries of strife - an interpretation which helps to vindicate the West's policy of inaction. He suggests that the decisive turning-point came in 1987, when a struggle was waged within the Serbian Communist party between adherents of a Serb nationalist ideology (embodied by Slobodan Milosevic) and those Yugoslavs who clung to the concept of a multinational state. As soon as Milosevic gained the upper hand he ruthlessly purged his rivals and launched a massive campaign of media indoctrination to stir up Serb nationalist sentiment. This new Serb nationalism, which has so revolted the world since 1991, is thus Milosevic's creation and not the result of historical enmity. The author's examination of this phenomenon is set within a concise and accessible history of the former Yugoslavia.

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Imprint: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 1995
Authors: Christopher Bennett
Dimensions: 216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-85065-232-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
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LSN: 1-85065-232-5
Barcode: 9781850652328

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