Yugoslavia : a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Glenn E. Curtis.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Curtis, Glenn E. (Glenn Eldon), 1946-

Library of Congress. Federal Research Division.

Series:

Area handbook series 1057-5294

DA pam ; 550-99.

Area handbook series, 1057-5294

DA pam ; 550-99

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslavia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlii, 348 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1992.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

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Contents:

Pre-Slav history

Histories of the Yugoslav peoples to World War I. The Slovenes ; The Croats and their territories ; The Serbs and Serbia, Vojvodina, and Montenegro ; Bosnia and Hercegovina ; Macedonia

The Balkan Wars, World War I, and the formation of Yugoslavia, 1912-18. The Balkan Wars and World War I ; Formation of the South Slav state ; The kingdom of Yugoslavia ; Political life in the 1920s; Economic life and foreign policy in the 1920s ; The royal dictatorship ; The regency ; The Sporazum, Tripartite Pact, and outbreak of World War II

Yugoslavia in World War II, 1941-45. Partition and terror ; The resistance movement

Postwar Yugoslavia. Communist takeover and consolidation ; The Yugoslav-Soviet rift ; Introduction of socialist self-management ; Nonalignment and Yugoslav-Soviet rapprochement ; Reforms of the 1960s ; Unrest in Croatia and its consequences in the 1970s ; The 1974 constitution

Geography and population. Topography ; Drainage systems ; Climate ; Pollution ; Population

Yugoslavia's peoples. Ethnographic history ; Ethnic composition ; Languages ; The Yugoslav nations

Social groups. The peasantry ; The workers ; The political elite and intellectuals ; The family

Urbanization and housing. Housing ; Urban problems ; Guest workers

Religion. Demography and distribution ; Eastern Orthodoxy ; Roman Catholicism ; Islam ; Other faiths

Education. History of Yugoslav education ; Primary schools ; Secondary education ; Higher education

Health care and social welfare. Disease and mortality ; Development of the health care system ; The contemporary health and welfare systems

Economic history. World War II and recovery ; Application of Stalinist economics ; The first five-year plan ; Launching socialist self-management ; The "perspective" five-year plan ; The economic reform of 1965 ; Adjustments in the 1970s

The economic management mechanism. Socialist self-management ; Capital ownership and the market ; Planning and pricing ; Trade unions ; Government revenue and spending ; Banking

Structure of the economy. Labor and unemployment ; Industry ; Agriculture ; Energy and mineral resources ; Transportation and telecommunications

Foreign trade. Historical background ; Exports and imports ; Trading partners ; Guest workers and tourism ; Foreign exchange

Managing the crisis of the 1980s. Inflation and foreign debt ; Living standards ; Regional disparities

The reforms of 1990

Political evolution after 1945. Breaking with the Soviet Union ; The 1963 constitution ; Post-Rankovic ́diversification ; Political innovation and the 1974 constitution ; The early post-Tito years ; Reform in the 1980s ; The leadership crisis

Government structure. Federal assembly ; Federal executive council ; State presidency ; Court system ; Local government and the communes

Nongovernmental political institutions. League of Communist of Yugoslavia ; Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia ; Trade unions ; Youth League of Yugoslavia ; Veterans' Association

Regional political issues. Slovenia ; Serbia ; Kosovo ; Vojvodina ; Croatia ; Montenegro ; Bosnia and Hercegovina ; Macedonia

The public and political decision making. Djilas, Praxis, and intellectual repression ; Intellectual opposition groups ; The media ; Censorship

Foreign policy. The government foreign policy mechanism ; Nonalignment ; The Soviet Union ; The United States ; European neighbors ; The Middle East and Western Europe

The political agenda for the 1990s

Development of the armed forces. Early development ; World War II ; Postwar development

National defense. Threat perception ; Military doctrine ; Strategy and tactics

Defense organization. Government organization for defense ; The military and the party ; Armed services ; Territorial defense forces

Military manpower. The military and society ; Recruitment and service obligations ; Military training and education ; Military life ; Ranks, insignia, and uniforms

Defense and the national economy. Military budget ; Arms procurement

Foreign military relations. Warship visits ; Arms sales ; Military exchanges

Internal security. Dissidence ; Courts, detention, and punishment ; Internal security forces ; Organization for internal security ; The military in domestic peacekeeping.

Notes:

"Research completed December 1990."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index.

Shipping list no.: 1992-0365-P.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

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Print version: Yugoslavia.

OCLC:

556476158

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