Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Between the years of 1992 and 1995, Serbia and Croatia invaded Bosnia in hopes to take over, and split all Bosnian territory. This occurred after the European committee declared Bosnia an independent state. Religious tensions were also a contributing factor in the war being started. This was the worst act of genocide since the Holocaust. In April of 1992, The European community recognized Bosnia as it’s own country. This upset the Serbs because they opposed the creation of a Bosnian state…

The public of other countries denounced actions of the Serbs. The United States intervened by means of offering economic incentives in exchange for a peace agreement with Yugoslavia. Bosnia is currently in a good state. Bosnia and Herzegovina maintain a high life expectancy rate, and their education is high too. Bosnia and Herzegovina is now one of the most frequently visited countries in the world. Bosnia still has three…

The Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics by Shane Hamilton and Sarah Phillips highlights the debates of Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev. Nikita Khrushchev and USSR are the clear victors of the kitchen debate. Khrushchev’s concern about the Soviet population as a whole is a key reason as to why he is the winner of the debate. Instead of being concerned about individualism, his focus was on the people and how he could better the country. To begin, unlike Nixon, Khrushchev sought out…

Over 100,000 people died in the Bosnian War, as a result of the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and it’s leader, Josip Tito, was not even alive. A dictator is someone who has taken control over a country and transformed it into a state of totalitarianism, usually by means of force, although Josip Tito not only had a strong military but a wide base of support that allowed him to arise. His policies and ideas were more liberal and he leaned towards a more democratic society, however there were…

Revolution, he joined a Red Guard unit in Omsk, Siberia. In October 1920, he returned to his native Croatia, which had become part of the newly established Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. Upon his return, he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY). However, a state ban was instituted against communist activities, causing him to go underground, where he rose in the ranks and revived the influence of the CPY. In August 1928, authorities ultimately arrested him and sentenced him…

Mao Zedong was a Communist leader of the Chinese Communist Party from its founding until his death in 1976. He was the first chairman of the People’s Republic of China, the one-party state founded in 1949 after the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang. In 1958, he launched his campaign, the “Great Leap Forward,” to industrialize the Chinese economy. This led quite oppositely to widespread famine…

the powerful symbolism of the coming down of the Berlin wall there was a sense that liberal democracy and free market ideas had won out as a universal and may be achieved peacefully, though for another socialist country Yugoslavia this was anything but the case (Bunce, 2011). The Yugoslavian republics had a violent past prior to WWII but found solidarity through the authoritarian leadership of Josip Tito after reclaiming the area from Nazi occupation. Compared to the Soviet Union its version…

Radovan Karadžić: President of Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic) he was found guilty of genocide over the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Slobodan Milošević: President of Serbia, he was exoneration for war crimes committed during the Bosnia war. Milošević After Josip Tito’s death…

An atrocity that caused deaths. An atrocity that caused savage violence. This atrocity was the largest massacre in Europe after the Holocaust. From the website endgenocide.org, there are “various of ethnic groups and republics that sought for independence” during Slobodan Milosevic lead. The Serbian leader took advantage of the nationalist’s feelings to gain more power and control over the country, and especially the people. The war that has caused a lot of damaged not…

Kosovo is located in the Balkan region of South-east Europe and has been point of contention throughout history. Neighboring Serbia has longed alleged that “Kosovo is Serbia”, while Kosovo Albanians (Kosovars) strongly disagree with this perception. The intent of this research paper is to identify the causes of strong ethnic tensions and oppression in the region. Furthermore, to identify the operational variables that have affected unit operations during the NATO lead air and missile campaign…