Today, only Serbia and (for now) Montenegro are what remain of the republics that once constituted Yugoslavia. The former Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, named Yugoslavia in 1929, has been a flashpoint of violence, terror, ethnic strife, and failed politicsβand a mirror on the conflicts
Yugoslavia: A Concise History: A Concise History
β Scribed by Leslie Benson (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 231
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Prologue: The Road to Kumanovo....Pages 1-20
War and Unification....Pages 21-37
The Brief Life of Constitutional Government....Pages 38-56
Encirclement and Destruction of the First Yugoslavia....Pages 57-72
War, Civil War and Revolution....Pages 73-93
The Long March of Revisionism....Pages 94-110
Reform β and Reaction....Pages 111-131
The End of Titoism....Pages 132-154
Back to Kumanovo....Pages 155-180
Back Matter....Pages 181-201
β¦ Subjects
European History; Modern History; Political History
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