The Fall of Milosevic: The October 5th Revolution

✍ Scribed by Dragan Bujosevic, Ivan Radovanovic

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 191
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Told for the first time, the riveting story of how common people - miners, cooks, former soldiers - shook off the intimidation of Serbian strongman Slobadan Milosevic and overthrew, peacefully, his tyrannical regime. Based on numerous interviews with participants, from the man in the street to top officials in the Serbian regime, The Fall of Milosevic recounts the exhilaration, fear and chaos of a population rising in opposition to a tyrant, the 'Butcher of the Balkans'. As the people gather in protest, behind the scenes in the pillars of Milosevic's regime crumble as politicians, military officers, and the police desert a leader no longer legitimate in the eyes of the people. This is the story of individuals facing down fear and rising up for democracy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Prologue....Pages 1-8
Thursday, October 5....Pages 9-11
Maki’s Molotov Cocktail....Pages 12-15
The Battle of Kolubara....Pages 16-23
Vlajko Stojiljkovic, the “Military Commander”....Pages 24-26
Djindjic meets Legija....Pages 27-29
Attack Plan, Defense Plan....Pages 30-35
“Arrest Velja Ilic and Svilanovic”....Pages 36-38
Parliament Will Burn....Pages 39-43
Cacak on the Ibar Highway....Pages 44-52
Glorija at the General Staff....Pages 53-55
Mutiny at the Bastille....Pages 56-60
Bulldozer!....Pages 61-64
The Patriarch’s Blessing....Pages 65-68
Him or Us!....Pages 69-81
The Assault on the Parliament....Pages 82-87
Parliament Falls....Pages 88-95
The Battle of Vlajkoviceva Street....Pages 96-101
Tear Gas from the Skies....Pages 102-104
Rescuing the Police....Pages 105-112
Milanovic Runs the Gauntlet....Pages 113-125
The “Boys from Brazil”....Pages 126-129
The Last Police Station....Pages 130-138
Politika Falls to DOS....Pages 139-144
The New Radio Television Serbia....Pages 145-151
Hôtel de Ville....Pages 152-156
Tanks!....Pages 157-160
Bosko Buha, Outlaw....Pages 161-165
The Army versus State Security....Pages 166-169
Milosevic Receives Kostunica....Pages 170-172
Epilogue....Pages 173-175
Back Matter....Pages 176-183

✦ Subjects

European Politics;European History;European Union Politics;Modern History;Democracy