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- catalog abstract ""For Yugoslavia, the triumph of independent statehood following World War I became a tragedy seventy years later." "Yugoslavia was born in 1918 as the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, with King Alexander its sovereign. In 1929 the country was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After the Nazi invasion in World War II, Slovenia became part of Greater Germany, Croatia a Fascist state ruled by the Ustashi. Mass killings by the Ustashi followed, in concentration camps, churches, and homes, of Serbs, Jews, Gypsies. Killings of Serbs by Croats - both Slavic peoples and neighbors, speaking the same language but divided by religion and cultural allegiances." "In this highly informative and lucid account, Professor Dragnich discusses the ideals and hopes that the South Slavs brought to Yugoslavia, their tortured attempt to create a workable political system, and the reasons behind the chaos and violence of recent months."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b3844192.
- catalog coverage "Yugoslavia Ethnic relations.".
- catalog coverage "Yugoslavia Politics and government.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""For Yugoslavia, the triumph of independent statehood following World War I became a tragedy seventy years later." "Yugoslavia was born in 1918 as the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, with King Alexander its sovereign. In 1929 the country was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After the Nazi invasion in World War II, Slovenia became part of Greater Germany, Croatia a Fascist state ruled by the Ustashi. Mass killings by the Ustashi followed, in concentration camps, churches, and homes, of Serbs, Jews, Gypsies. Killings of Serbs by Croats - both Slavic peoples and neighbors, speaking the same language but divided by religion and cultural allegiances." "In this highly informative and lucid account, Professor Dragnich discusses the ideals and hopes that the South Slavs brought to Yugoslavia, their tortured attempt to create a workable political system, and the reasons behind the chaos and violence of recent months."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The Yugoslav Idea and Its Antagonists -- 2. The Creation of the Yugoslav State -- 3. The Struggle to Create a Viable Political System -- 4. King Alexander's Attempts to Save Yugoslavia -- 5. The Search for a Solution After Alexander -- 6. World War II and the Communist Rise to Power -- 7. The Tito Regime -- 8. The Tito-Stalin Break -- 9. Tito's Legacy and the End of Communism -- 10. The Dream Not Realized.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-198 and index.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 202 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Serbs and Croats.".
- catalog identifier "0151810737".
- catalog isFormatOf "Serbs and Croats.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,".
- catalog relation "Serbs and Croats.".
- catalog spatial "Yugoslavia Ethnic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Yugoslavia Politics and government.".
- catalog subject "949.702 20".
- catalog subject "DR1282 .D73 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Yugoslav Idea and Its Antagonists -- 2. The Creation of the Yugoslav State -- 3. The Struggle to Create a Viable Political System -- 4. King Alexander's Attempts to Save Yugoslavia -- 5. The Search for a Solution After Alexander -- 6. World War II and the Communist Rise to Power -- 7. The Tito Regime -- 8. The Tito-Stalin Break -- 9. Tito's Legacy and the End of Communism -- 10. The Dream Not Realized.".
- catalog title "Serbs and Croats : the struggle in Yugoslavia / Alex N. Dragnich.".
- catalog type "text".