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Yugoslavia's ruin : the bloody lessons of nationalism, a patriot's warning

Cvijeto Job witnessed his country's history as a committed partisan in World War II, a member of the Yugoslav Communist Party and a career ambassador. This book combines analysis and memoir to offer the perspective of an informed insider who lived through Yugoslavia's demise.
Print Book, English, ©2005
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Md., ©2005
xxi, 303 pages ; 24 cm
9780742517837, 9780742517844, 0742517837, 0742517845
1131652248
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Prologue Part 3 Part I: Antecedents, their Legacies, and Burdens Chapter 4 On the Establishment, Travail, and Destruction of Royal Yugoslavia Chapter 5 In the Second World War: The Death, the Rebirth and the Curse Chapter 6 New Yugoslavia: The Worst, the Best, and the Incurable Part 7 Part II: Destabilizing Stabilizers Chapter 8 The Chain Reaction of Yugoslav Self-Determinations Chapter 9 Minorities: Socialist Yugoslavia's Special Pride and Pain Chapter 10 Minority Rights, Yes!—Minority Status, No! Part 11 Part III: Tripartite Bosnia—One or None! Chapter 12 Bosnia, Unlucky and Timeless Chapter 13 Helping Bosnia Survive: From Shame to Dayton, and Beyond Chapter 14 The Muslim Nation of Bosnia: Islamic and Non-Islamic Part 15 Part IV: Looking ahead to Overdue Tasks Chapter 16 Yugoslavs' Main Duty: Confronting Nationalist Self-Love Chapter 17 To Intervene or Not to Intervene: The Kosovo War Paradigm Chapter 18 Preventing and Repressing All Massacres—A Waiting Mission Chapter 19 Afterword Chapter 20 Coda