The Demise of Yugoslavia: A Political Memoir 9786155053870

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The Demise of Yugoslavia: A Political Memoir
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Table of contents :
Contents
Prologue
The Headless State
Sovereign, Independent Croatia
Belated Election of the Constitutional President
The Joint Brioni Declaration
Futile Cries for Peace
Serbia Angry at the World
EC Declaration: Serbia and YPA as Agressors
Peace Conference at The Hague
Army out of Control
A Criminal Army Loses Its State
Dubrovnik: An Estuary of Conscience
Ravaged Yugoslavia Formally Disappears
Chronology of Events

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