Confronting the Yugoslav Controversies: A Scholars' InitiativeCharles W. Ingrao, Thomas Allan Emmert This book presents the findings of an international research initiative of over 160 leading historians, social scientists, and jurists that brings together in one volume key evidence presented by all sides in the recent Yugoslav conflicts. It represents a direct assault on the proprietary interpretations that nationalist politicians and media have impressed on mass culture in each of the entities of the former Yugoslavia. Given gaps in the historical record and the existence of sometimes-contradictory evidence, the volume does not pretend to resolve all of the outstanding issues that divide the peoples of the former Yugoslavia. Yet, a combination of original research, the validation of existing evidence, and the exposure of widely held, bogus myths that anchor public perceptions should narrow considerably the parameters within which opposing sides can still engage in reasoned debate. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Kosovo under Autonomy 19741990 | 49 |
Independence and the Fate of Minorities 19911992 | 83 |
Ethnic Cleansing and War Crimes 19911995 | 115 |
The International Community and the FRYBelligerents 19891997 | 153 |
Safe Areas | 201 |
The War in Croatia 19911995 | 231 |
Kosovo under the Milošević Regime | 273 |
The War in Kosovo 19981999 | 303 |
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia | 347 |
Living Together or Hating Each Other? | 391 |
Appendix | 425 |
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