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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450996403321

Autore

Meier Viktor <1929, >

Titolo

Yugoslavia : a history of its demise / / Viktor Meier ; translated by Sabrina P. Ramet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-66511-3

1-299-28504-X

1-280-14293-6

0-203-98186-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

949.702/4

Soggetti

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 - Causes

Electronic books.

Yugoslavia History 1980-1992

Former Yugoslav republics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published as 'Wie Jugoslawien verspielt wurde' in 1995 by Victor Meier--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-249) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the English edition; Preface; Chronology of events; Glossary; 1 Fateful weaknesses after Tito's death; 2 The turning point: 1986–87; 3 The beginning of the end; 4 Western Yugoslavia reacts; 5 Irreconcilable positions; 6 Unwanted independence—the fate of Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina; 7 From the Yugoslav tragedy to the tragedy of the West; Epilogue; Bibliography; Notes; Index of Names; Subject Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Victor Meier presents a history of the disintegration and collapse of the former Yugoslavia, drawing on federal and republican archives, and sources which are not yet officially open for scholarly use.