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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820473203321

Autore

McCormick Robert B (Robert Bradley)

Titolo

Croatia under Ante Pavelic : America, the Ustase and Croatian genocide in World War II / / by Robert B. McCormick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2014

ISBN

0-7556-2150-6

1-322-67178-8

0-85772-535-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

940.53497

Soggetti

European history

Croatia History 1918-1945

Croatia Politics and government 1918-1945

Yugoslavia History Axis occupation, 1941-1945

Yugoslavia Politics and government 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Ante Pavelic and the Emergence of the Ustaše -- Chapter 2: Investigating Domobrans -- Chapter 3: Unlikely Victory -- Chapter 4: Carnage -- Chapter 5: The Escape -- Chapter 6: Hiding to the End.

Sommario/riassunto

"Ante Pavelic was the leader of the fascist party of Croatia (the Ustaše), who, on Adolf Hitler's instruction, became the leader of Croatia after the Nazi invasion of 1941. Paveli? was an extreme Croatian nationalist who believed that the Serbian people were an inferior race - he would preside over a genocide that ultimately killed an estimated 390,000 Serbs during World War II. Croatia under Ante Paveli? provides the full history of this period, with a special focus on the United States' role in the post-war settlement. Drawing on previously unpublished documents, Robert McCormick argues that President Harry S. Truman's Cold War priorities meant that Paveli? was never made to answer for his crimes. Today, the Ustaše remains difficult legacy within Croatian society, partly as a result of Paveli?' political life in exile in South America. This is a new account of US foreign policy towards one of the Second World War's most brutal dictators and is an essential



contribution to Croatian war-time history."--Bloomsbury Publishing.