Sarajevo

Slobodan Milosevic was born August 20 1941 in Pozarevac, Serbia (75 miles south of Belgrade), and was the son of Svetozar Milosevic [Father] and Stanislava Milosevic [mother]. His family can be traced back from montenegrin stock that traces its roots from the 1389 battle of the kosovo polje.. Slobodan’s relative was Milos Markov, a Chetnik commander in the 18th century who inspired a song about a hero killed by traitors and grave is said to be at tended present day. The other relative that can…

War I and World War II, both caused by unique events that greatly affected the rest of the globe, and left unresolved issues after the fact. World War I was directly caused by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, by a Serbian in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. It was partly caused by alliances. There were three…

instance, the influences that became prevalent in Jewish communities can also be found in Iranian societies. Another instance in which aspects of history merge is in the novel, People of the Book. Within Geraldine Brooks’s book we are introduced the Sarajevo Haggadah, an ancient Jewish book that survives through centuries of historical moments due to the mutual respect of its significance by diverse groups everywhere. The Haggadah is a book of celebration; it’s ‘telling’ of traditions has been…

war, they had to give up land, and they had to reduce their army. Germany had to take the blame for WWI when Austria-Hungary and Serbia started it. They started the war. “The direct cause of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914” (European History). Germany had no choice on whether to take the blame or not. “Germany, by signing the treaty, would…

Violence against innocents is something no sane person wants to inflict. Yet, in cases of civil war and genocide, sane people become the very same insane person that they vilify. Sarajevo, a gleaming city seen as a model to the rest of former European communist countries, was being torn apart during the middle of the 20th century by the very people that made it the model city it was. The people of Rwanda, tired after years of violence and war, turns back from their signed peace agreement and…

World War One, which is often referred to as The Great War, began July 28th, 1914, and ended on June 28th, 1919. The Great War, originating in Europe, was the first conflict labeled total war in the world’s history, and it involved over 32 different nations around the globe. The Great War was unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, as well as the combatants involved. Not only soldiers, but civilians and regular working people were deeply involved in World War One. From manufacturing munitions…

Slavic nationalism was increasingly strong in Serbia, for instance. With young rebels joining highly nationalistic rebel groups with a desire for a “Greater Serbia,” these radicals plotted and executed assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914. These booming egos created an atmosphere ripe for conflict (Llewellyn…

In 1888, Otto von Bismarck remarked that “the next great European war will probably come out of some damn foolish thing in the Balkans.” (Massie, p. 82) At the time, he was referring to the aftermath of the Serbo-Bulgarian war, which managed, in a series of resonating blows, to shatter the Ottoman Empire’s tenuous grasp on the Balkans and splinter the League of Three Empires. Over the next forty years, the ever-fluid situation in the Balkans ebbed and flowed, but never strayed far from a point…

Humanitarian intervention has been to the forefront of international relations since the end of the Cold-War. I believe it is critical in protecting human rights and providing emergency assistance in states where human-rights violations are being perpetrated, similar to that stated in ‘Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations’ by Theo Farrell. It is difficult to define humanitarian intervention, as not all States agree on what is to be included in characterising and defining intervention.…

Holocaust Survivor, Elie Wiesel, in his speech, “The Perils of Indifference” (1999), vouches that having an apathetic attitude to a situation is dangerous a society in need of help. He supports his claim by gaining credibility from his audience and uses imagery to help, then addresses briefly about his past life and an example of when indifference occurred, and finally, shoves everything that transpired in the past and hints what we can do differently in the future. Wiesel’s purpose is to entice…