Yugoslavian inferno : ethnoreligious warfare in the Balkans / Paul Mojzes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mojzes, Paul, author.

Series:

History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic

History and politics in the 20th century: Bloomsbury Academic collections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Yugoslavia--Ethnic relations.

Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia--Religion--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

"After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, no-one was prepared for the violent dissolution of Yugoslavia. Suddenly old terms like chetnik and ustasha found new currency, and a new term surfaced - 'ethnic cleansing' - with its sickening echo of 'final solution'. The upsurge of nationalist sentiment in Eastern Europe raises the question whether the wars in the former Yugoslavia are harbingers of things to come. Will the racist idea of the ethnically pure state crush the humanist ideal of the multicultural society? Yugoslavian Inferno provides a rich analysis of the complex issues that brought about the demise of Yugoslavia and the ensuing fratricidal warfare. It pays particular attention to the role of religion in fanning the flames of interethnic hatred and is written by a scholar uniquely placed to write it. A Yugoslavian-American with roots in both Croatia and Serbia, whose religious tradition is Protestant, rather than Catholic, Orthodox, or Muslim, Paul Mojzes is an internationally recognized authority on religion in Eastern Europe. Based on travels in the region, interviews with politicians, scholars, and religious leaders, as well as news accounts and monographs in generally inaccessible languages, and formulated after a lifetime of scholarly achievement, Yugoslavian Inferno presents insights that only a native can provide and the critical objectivity that only an outsider can offer. In the tradition of the renowned previous volumes from the Oxford Old Testament Seminar - King and Messiah in Israel and the Ancient Near East (1998), In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel (2004), Temple and Worship in Biblical Israel (2005), and Prophecy and Prophets in Ancient Israel (2010)-this new volume again brings the scholarship of the Oxford Seminar, here focused on the rich subject of Old Testament wisdom traditions, to an international readership."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Never Again?

Anticipating War

The War Arrives

What Is This Warfare About?

ch. 2 Mytho-History

Serbs

Croats

Slovenes

Bosnians and Herzegovinians

Macedonians

Montenegrins

The Mythic Element

Conclusions

ch. 3 The Destructive Use of Memory

The Heritage of Horror

Revenge and Spite

Propaganda: Good Guys vs. Bad Guys

Lies, Lies, Lies

The Return of Primitivism

The Locksmith Was Better

ch. 4 Last Chance for A Unified Yugoslavia

ch. 5 The Unresolved National Question

The Structural Problem

The National Question in the First Yugoslavia

The Titoist Approach to the National Question

The Post-Tito Resurrection of National Conflicts

Nationalism Breaks Up the Communist Party of Yugoslavia

Ethnic Nationalism as the New Order

The Impact of Ethnic Nationalism

ch. 6 Civil War or War Between Countries?

Alternate Perceptions of the Conflict

Contents note continued: Overview of the Process of War-Making

Preliminary Skirmishes in Kosovo and Croatia

War in Slovenia: A Fizzled "Blitzkrieg"

War in Croatia: The First Serb-Croat War

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Bosnian Pot Boils Over

War in Serbia? Bloodiest Yet?

A Wider Balkan War?

Conclusion

ch. 7 The Religious Component In The Wars

Contribution of Religious Communities toward Hatred and War

The Roman Catholic Contribution to Nationalism

The Serbian Orthodox Role in the Disintegration of Yugoslavia

Bosnian Muslims: Ethnoreligious Ambiguity

Macedonian Orthodox Separatism

Protestants: Inability to Withstand War Propaganda

The Reconciling Role of Religious Communities

ch. 8 Who or What is to Blame?

The Unsolved National Question

Politicians

Intellectuals

The Yugoslav Army

War Criminals

The Press and Media

Religious Leadership

Collective Responsibility

-The International Community

Contents note continued: To Sum Up

ch. 9 Will Un Sanctions Topple the Regime In Yugoslavia?

ch. 10 Slovenia and Macedonia: A Study In Contrasts

The Slovenian Secession and War

Economic Worries

The Religious Factor in Slovenia

The Macedonian Negotiated Secession

The Role of Religion in Macedonia

The Economic Afflictions

ch. 11 Croatia: Neither War Nor Peace

ch. 12 Ending the War

Domestic Alternatives to End the War

Foreign Military Intervention

My Proposal to End the War

ch. 13 And the War Goes On.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474288392

1474288391

9781474288385

1474288383

OCLC:

1090435001