Serbs and Croats: Struggle N Yugoslovia

by Alex N. Dragnich

Book Overview

Discusses the ideals and hopes that the South Slavs brought to Yugoslavia, their attempt to create a workable political system, and the reasons behind the chaos of recent months. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156806630
• ISBN13: 9780156806633
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An EXCELLENT study on Yugoslavia!

Recent events in the Balkans have shown that due to the ethnological, geopolitical and historical complexity of the region, in depth analysis is of paramount importance in understanding the truth. Apart from the thousands that have died in the 1990's during the Yugoslav civil war, another victim of war has been the truth, as is the case in most wars, especially in the 20th century. The truth is based on undisputed facts (dates, events etc), and in relation to opinion, the truth always lies somewhere in the middle. Unfortunately, the two previous "reviewers," instead of treating this book for what it is, i.e. a valuable primary source from the Serb point of view, they dismiss it on the grounds that is written by a University of Belgrade professor. A rather childish and yet dangerous reaction. In a democracy all voices should be heard instead of being immediately disregarded on the basis of their origin. One cannot and should not silence another just because they disagree with them!This book provides valuable and serious insight to the understanding of the Serbian psyche. It is a "must" for any serious historian or political analyst interested in the Balkan region.

An exellent overview of two clashing nations

The book is well written and it's title shows that the author is a learned person. The struggle which Serbs and Croats had to deal with was due to a contradicting regime and the coupeling of two nationalities that were not meant to live in the same borders. Dr.Dragnich clearly showed that the struggle between Serbs and Croats didn't just start in the early '90s, but as early as the signing of the Treaty of Versailles that merged the two together. The assasination of the Serbia king in spite, is enough to show that Croats never did want to live side by side with Serbs and that Tito's attempt at creating a country under the banner of " Brotherhood and Unity " failed on account that there was no brotherhood among Serbs and Croats, let alone unity. His book shows just how much one side gave and how much the other took mercilessly and in the end stabbed the other in the back. This painful lesson in Serbian history was been well documented by Dr.Dragnich, who deserves high praise for his endless work.Bravo Dr. Alex!

RIGHT ON THE MONEY

Alex Dragnich is a Balkan expert who has written numerous books on this area of Europe. The book indeed does seem biased towards the Serbs,but this is beacuse they have always been the most dominant of the south slav people in the Balkans & there kingdoms or countries were always the most succesful......Alex Dragnich only points out these historical facts. This is a well written book that deserves a peek from European Historians & poeple interested in current events