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It could be argued that while the Serbs were responsible for destroying Bosnia, the exploitation of the Croats harmed their Bosnian allies just as much as it helped them, resulting in the further seizing of land and resources and the spreading of the war into areas it otherwise would have passed over. However, the Bosnian government would likely have fallen completely without their assistance, as the Serbs marauding in the region were equipped, funded, and supplemented by troops from the…

How did the Cold War affect the breakup of Yugoslavia? After the end of the Cold War, Yugoslavia lost its strategic importance it once had when it was a neutral territory lying in between the two blocs. The collapse was caused by the diminishing support from both the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) who no longer competed to strengthen their influence over Yugoslavia and the ongoing downfall of their economy and socio-political stability. Yugoslavia was created after the First…

Orthodoxy was not tolerated by the Croatian State. Therefore, Serbs were limited in employment and land ownership. During World War II Serbs, Gypsies, and Jews were persecuted, murdered, or put into concentration camps due to their religion. Within a four-year period, a total of “750,000 Serbs, 60,000 Jews, and 26,000 Gypsies men women and children “were killed. Mandatory laws were passed for all Serbs to convert to Catholicism. Newly converted Serbs still faced to death or expulsion (Serbian…

describes nationalism as a recent phenomenon that requires the structural conditions of modern society in order to exist. Instead of transforming communities of unity, how does ethnic nationalism accommodate to communities of fear? After World War II, Serbs and Croats lived together in their state Yugoslavia. The State was presided by a Croat named Tito, who did his best to reunite his people with what was called “Brotherhood and Unity”. The state flourished until he died. Then everything that…

If the conflict was a result of prehistoric animosities, then there was not much that outsiders to the region could do to stop it. But this makes too much of history (especially the Serb defeat at the hands of the Turks in 1389), leaving the "web of animosity'' as an ill-fated but lasting fact of Balkan life. As Holbrooke sees it, "Yugoslavia's tragedy was not foreordained. It was the product of bad, even criminal, political and financial…

Yugoslav People’s Army Troops were sent from Serbia to attack Bosnia and Herzegovina. Local Serbian civilians from Bosnia joined the Army. Serbs eventually go the name of “ethnic cleansing” (Stanton). “More than a dozen paramilitaries and irregular forces attacked” on Bosnia, also (Koff 115). The majority of the perpetrators were Orthodox. The victims were made up of multiple Bosnian citizens…

dictator Josip Broz Tito. He kept complete control over the various ethnic, religious, and nationalist groups under a great superpower, “greater Yugoslavia”. Soon after Tito’s death, politicians began imposing nationalistic regimes, which only pinned the Serbs, Croats, and the Bosnians against each other which would later ignite the flame of a full blown nationalistic war. The Yugoslav wars facilitated the breakup of the country, which started on June 25, 1991 and it would prolong to 2001. The…

that followed such as the way he treated his people to why Gavrilo Principon hated him. When Ferdinand was killed word was out instantly. Ferdinand had being the emperor of Austria Hungary at the time and as ruler he did not like the Serbs. The killer was a Serb so the government was angry with them. This caused over 5,000 innocent Serbish people to be imprisoned who were than later hanged for little to no reason. This was mainly because the real killer(Gavrilo Principon) was 27 days too…

Around the world and through many different time periods every person has encountered intolerance, extremism and duality. The idea of the aforementioned words are constant themes within the book “The River Runs Salt, Runs Sweet” by Jasmina Dervisevi-Cesic. Throughout the story Jasmina speaks of her encounters with each of these situations and how her duality allows her to learn and come to peace with the terrors she has endured. Around the world the act of intolerance is taking place. From…

The beginning of World War 1 had several causes; Nationalism, Imperialism, Militarism and Alliances. Identify which two causes had the most significant impact and which had the least impact in your opinion. Use supporting evidence and examples to your opinion. Warning! Be careful not to write in first person and use words such as (I) A few of the causes of the first world war like imperialism and nationalism had the most significant impact in the beginning of World War 1, and others like…