The Serbs: History, Myth, and the Destruction of YugoslaviaYale University Press, 2000 M01 1 - 382 pages Journalist Timothy Judah witnessed firsthand many of the most horrifying episodes of the war in former Yugoslavia while on assignment from 1990-1995. Judah offers here a history of the Serbs from medieval times to the present, combining a gripping personal description of the war with a skillful analysis of the historical and cultural context out of which it emerged. For this paperback edition Judah adds observations on the emergence of a more moderate Bosnian Serb leadership, and on the worrying signs of a possible new war, this time in Kosovo. |
Contents
AN EMPIRE ON EARTH | 17 |
IT IS BETTER TO DIE IN BATTLE THAN TO LIVE IN SHAME | 29 |
RESURRECTION AND BEYOND | 48 |
CUTTING THE TURKS INTO PIECES | 73 |
END OF EMPIRE | 312 |
National Structure of Yugoslavia 1918 | 338 |
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