The Demise of Yugoslavia: A Political Memoir

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Central European University Press, 1. sij 2004. - Broj stranica: 422
A political memoir by Stipe Mesic, the last president of the former Yugoslav Federation, and key witness to the chain of events that would send the Balkan empire toppling, aided by notable figures like Slobodan Milosevic. Formed in the aftermath of WW1, Yugoslavia was founded as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ("three tribes of the same people"). But in the early 1990s, following a series of violent conflicts on Slovenian and Croatian soil, the two republics successfully succeeded from Yugoslavia, which would later be followed by Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia. Mesic was member, later head of the Presidency of the Yugoslav Federation from August 1990. His memoir details an intricately woven storyline, which analyzes events, personalities and motivations inside Yugoslavia and its former nations, as well as in the international arena. The narrative is rich with excerpts from Mesic's personal diaries during times of heated conflict and bloodshed. Extensive notes and a short chronology assist the interested reader and scholar in disentangling the complicated plot. After years of relative political passivity, Mesic was elected independent Croatia's second president in 2000, following the death of former President Franjo Tudman.
 

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Prologue
The Headless State
13
Sovereign Independent Croatia
51
Belated Election of the Constitutional President
87
The Joint Brioni Declaration
119
Futile Cries for Peace
163
Serbia Angry at the World
217
Serbia and YPA as Agressors
251
Peace Conference at The Hague
287
Army out of Control
315
A Criminal Army Loses Its State
347
An Estuary of Conscience
363
Ravaged Yugoslavia Formally Disappears
391
Chronology of Events
413
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O autoru (2004)

Stipe Mesić was the President of the Republic of Croatia. He has been a leading politician since the 1980s. He was the last president of Croatia as one of the Yugoslav republics, and in this capacity served as member, later chairman of the federal Presidium of Yugoslavia in 1990–1991. After years of relative political passivity, Mesić was elected independent Croatia's second president in 2000, following the death of former President Franjo Tuđman.

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