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Yugoslavia was composed of 6 different Republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia) and 7 different ethnic groups( Bosniaks, Croats, Slovenes, Serbs, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Albanians) which were apart of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1991. Yugoslavia was held together and was under the rule of a communist leader named Josip Broz Tito. From 1945 until his death in 1980 he was able to run the country under peace and great economic prosperity. He was able to keep all the ethnic groups at peace who had always had bad blood between each other. Once Marshall Tito died the country remained at peace for another 11 years, with adapting the system of a rotating presidency. In 1991 the Republics of Slovenia, and Croatia declared Independence from Yugoslavia because they felt the federal government was slowly being dominated by the…

In 1987, shortly after the death of Yugoslavia’s Communist leader Tito, Slobodan Milosevic made a single promise to the Serbs of Yugoslavia; “You will never be beat again” (Doc.). This statement greatly altered the social and political reality in Yugoslavia, ultimately culminating in the disintegration of the nation. Joe Sacco’s graphic novel Safe Area Gorazde, captures this shift, focusing on the Bosnia, the most multiethnic republic within Yugoslavia at the time. Sacco’s portrayal of the…

Even as the report of killing campaigns was broadcast through the radio, Bosnians found ways to tell themselves it didn’t apply to them. For they believed that Yugoslavia would never turn on Bosnia, “We have been living together for years"(Power 2002, p.285). To the Serbs, it was good versus evil, a "greater Serbia" ideology. Radovan Karadzic was very involved with genocide by creating policies that deliberately used fear and terror in the civilian population; Assertion has been made of…

the secession of Slovenia and Croatia from Yugoslavia in 1991 and a short war in Slovenia, the emergence of war in Croatia, and the 1882 referendum in Bosnia that called for an independent Bosnia, war broke out between Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian Croats, and Muslims (Bosniaks) in Bosnia Proper” (Jesse & Williams 141). The government that held all of these now separate entities together under one national identity, the government of Yugoslavia, was now a thing of the past, and the people in Bosnia now…

90% Slovenian population was able to declare independence easily. It only took a brief period of fighting. In Croatia, there was a long 4 year battle for their independence. This is because 12% of the critics population was Serbian. 8 months later, Macedonia declared its independence with little resistance. Other than a few days of mild and scattered fighting. That April, Bosnia, and Herzegovina declared independence. Bosnia and Herzegovina are the most religiously and ethnically diverse…

Kosovo consist of the majority Albanian population and the dwindling Serb minority. According to Bideleux, Albanians are decedents of the ancient Dardanians (Illyrians) who allegedly inhabited the western Balkans long before the decedents of Serbs, the decedents of Slavs, arrived in the sixth to eighth centuries AD (Bideleux). Serbs often refer to Kosovo as the ‘cradle of the Serb nation’ and argue the claims of Albanians that they are direct decedents from the ancient Dardanians. Serbians…

Hungary and Croatia became a part of the Austrian Empire, again. Then in 1867 the Austrian Empire split into two halves, one half Austria and the other Hungary. This caused Croatia to split. Hungary completely controlled Croatia while Dalmata controled most of Austria. In the late 19th century Croatian nationalists were divided into two groups. One group wanted a new state uniting all Southern Slavs, while other wanted an independent Croatia (Lambert). The 20th century begins and in 1914 the…

hero really was.” (Trebincevic 288) Even though Kenan finally had the weight lifted off his shoulders by learning these things about Pero, he still had multiple tasks on his list that he had not felt like he had achieved. The idea of confronting his neighbor Petra was another idea that was a constant thought in the back of his mind. Kenan changed another item on his list that involved confronting Petra because he realizes that there can be a lot more to a person than meets the eye. Petra was…

genocide was not much of a surprise looking at the history of the region. Tensions had been running high between the Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Ethnic Albanians. The reason for the Genocide was similar to many before it; kill the unwanted minority in order to create a pure race and space for that race to exist. And when it came to the genocide in the Balkans the intention was to create a greater Greater Serbia with a Serbian population. The genocide impacted many individuals in different ways.…

in this paper i'll be talking about the different culutral aspects of Slovenia. Slovenia was founded in 29 October 1918 by astablishing the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs breaks off all relations with Austria-Hungary and proclaims a short-lived State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. Slovenia joins a new state with an independent State authority. The state is not recognized internationally. Slovenia was occupied by many countries and was refused to be seen as independent state until just…