Yugoslavia

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 actors involved in the Bosnian conflict…

The 1970’s was a time where democracy in states increased almost exponentially. A wave of democracy was swept across countries and states, either repairing or destroying an already broken government system. “In 1974, nearly three-quarters of all countries were dictatorships; today, more than half are democracies” (Diamond). This growth in democracy is incomparable to any other time period, and is the largest humanity has ever seen. There has been much change to government systems since the 70’s.…

This has resulted in civil wars and ethnic conflicts. One place where this has occurred is in Serbia. Serbia was one of the parts of the former Yugoslavia, which had once been a large Communist country. Yugoslavia was already beginning to separate into smaller states by the time that Slobodan Milosevic became president. Milosevic had plans to recombine some of the states under the leadership of Serbia, but the newly independent states had other ideas. The conflicts grew into a bloody civil war.…

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…

Oral History Interview Project Oral history is the oldest type of historical inquiry, and one of the most modern. It is a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving, and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities, and participants in past events. (Oral history association, 2012) So basically there is an interviewer asking an interviewee about his experiences in his life, and the interview can serve for many purposes. For this project, the interview was for us to see…

During, world war II Yugoslavia modern day Serbia was under the occupation of the Axis powers. While, under the German rule a group called Ustase came into power, the Ustase intended to create an ethnically "pure" Croatia, and viewed Serbians that followed the Eastern Orthodox church and Jews living in Croatia, and Bosnia as the biggest obstacles. Thus, started the Serbian Genocide, the Ustase coincided with German Holocaust as many Serbian were executed, expelled and converted to Catholicism.…

Every person in the world can say they have experienced a tragedy. Whether it big or small there are events in our lives that will never leave our everyday thought. There are people who we may never be able to find the strength to forgive for bringing pain upon us. Occasions in which challenge our minds to their breaking points. “The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return” by Kenan Trebincevic is an autobiography about his personal experience of surviving the ruthless war and ethnic…

INTRODUCTION The Bosnia Genocide started in April of 1992. Serbians were sent out to ethnically clean the Bosnia territory by steadily removing all Bosnian, Muslims, known was Bosnia’s. the Bosnia genocide is a representation of the Holocaust and is the most well known in the 20th century. The Genocide occurred in Bosnia in Muslims between 1992 to 1995. The long standing tensions between Serbs and Muslims and political and economic chaos which followed Tito’s death and Milosevic’s subsequent…

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…

In Bosnia, many Human Rights Violations are being experienced by citizens. The Bosnian police are supposed to be the source of protection for all citizens regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity, or anything. As a matter of fact, the police are supposed to take care of everybody and not refuse to or discriminate based off of a bias about their race, gender, etc. However, quite frequently they have failed to provide this service properly. The Bosnian Serb Wartime General, Ratko…