Film Analysis: The Once Brothers

After Bosnia-Herzegovina became independent, Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic set up his own government. Known as the “Serbian National Assembly” (“Bosnian Genocide” par. 3), this government was loyal to Yugoslavia. Backed by the Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, Karadzic had a vision of both “Bosnia and Croatia becoming part of a larger Serbian state. In 1992,

Yugoslavia was a unified body of six southeastern countries. Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina are a few of the provinces that made up Yugoslavia. Tensions arose after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which initiated the beginning of World War II. During WWII, Yugoslavia was under the rule of Communist Dictator Josip Tito. The first to successfully implement national communism, Marshal Tito united the provinces of Yugoslavia. After the death of Josip Tito in the year 1980, the national identity fell apart; the various Yugoslav republics each believed their culture

Josip Broz came to power in 1943, and he made sure to keep everyone in check, making sure that no ethnic groups controlled the country.Unfortunately, after his death in 1980, Yugoslav went through many ups and downs due to different ethnic groups wanting independence. Finally in 1987 Slobodan Milosevic grew to power and he changed many things, so that it could favor Serbs. “He created an army that was 90% Serbian, and he extended his power over the country’s financial, media, and security structures. Later, with the help of Serbian separatists in Bosnia and Croatia, he convinced them that other ethnic groups posed a threat to their rights”(The Bosnian War and Srebrenica Genocide). That’s when the genocide started, of mass killings. Croatia and Bosnia wanted independence as well. Yugoslav began to attack Croatia to help any ethnic Serbs that lived there. They took over the city, Vukovar, and had

In April 1992, the government of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared it’s independence from Yugoslavia. Over the next several years, Bosnian Serb

The Battle of Kosovo created a myth that added to Serbian nationalism in three major ways. First, it became part of the calendar of the nation. Not only did June 28 mark the battle of Kosovo, but also the day that the Bosnian Serb student, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand beginning WWI. This date was and is indispensible in Serbian culture and identity. Second, it created a claim to Kosovo by establishing the idea that Kosovo was a key part of the medieval Serbian kingdom. By drawing a linkage to Kosovo before the Ottoman conquest the Serbs were able to make a case that they were the rightful inheritors of the region. Third, it drew a connection between contemporary Serbia and the Serbs of the Middle Ages through linkages between common religion and a common struggle against an ostensibly oppressive force (Bieber 2002: 96). The

The goverents of the autonoums regions stepped down and were replaced with close allies of Milošević giving him almost half of Yugoslavia. Miloševićs use of crowds was another of his methods for forcing his will and this was demonstrated ater that year Milošević attempted to use his Kosovoan Serbs to perform mass protests in Slovenia against Slovenia’s changes to its constitution. Around 30,000-40,000 protestors were planded to swarm the city of Ljubliana but were prevented from entering Slovenia by the Croats. This act also strengthened Croatia’s involvement in the issue.

INTRO Serbia was consumed by nationalism, two major wars within the span of ten years destroying their economy and causing tensions to rise. Austria- Hungary’s annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina had played a primary role in sparking the Bosnian Crisis less than a decade before, leading both countries to develop a fundamental distrust for the other, their relations becoming permanently strained. In 1914, the seemingly inevitable occurred- war broke out in the Balkans, prompted by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, archduke and heir to the throne of Austria- Hungary. Gavrilo Princip, the assassin, was a known member of the terrorist group the Black Hands, a radical nationalistic Serbian group who sought independence for

President Josip Broz Tito always tried to keep everything in peace. He always wanted to keep “Brotherhood and Unity”. When he died in 1980, Serbia and Croatia started a conflict. The UN tried stopping wars in Yugoslavia with a peace treaty, but Serbia always thought that they were the strongest and didn’t accept the peace treaty. Serbia was always trying to take over land from Bosnia & Herzegovina. Macedonia on the other hand was the only part of Yugoslavia that achieves its independence without war.

Yugoslavia was once a prosperous and industrial nation, but that all changed after Tito’s death, which led to the fall of the Yugoslav economy and the clashing between the indigenous people. Yugoslavia was center for commerce and trade throughout the middle east and Europe. Tito, the president of this time, was the main reason behind that. Tito governed the country with an iron fist, not allowing any one ethnic group more leeway over another. Tito’s death turned all of this around. The rise of the republic leaders especially the Serbian leader lead the way for ethnic battles among the country and the lack of government rule also lead to a downhill spiral

A key goal that was valued highly in my research was to find sources that give my argument depth, perspective and an overview of the events of Yugoslavia from every angle. This source, does just that. Flere’s journal article focuses on the conflict

In the summer of 1996, hints of violence began to arise from Europe. This time, however, it was not from Bosnia or Russia, but Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia, President Slobodan Milosevic was leading an all-out attack on the ethnic Albanians of the country. Rumors of ethnic cleansing and genocide began to grow as the Serbians sought to drive all Albanians out of their country. By 1998, a full-scale war had erupted between the Albanians and the Serbians as both fought for autonomy of one tiny piece of land: Kosovo. When NATO finally intervened, press coverage began to intensify. NATO entered the war on the side of the Albanians, and as a result press coverage immediately shifted to support this cause. In order to make the conflict

The Serbians saw an autonomous Kosovo as Yugoslavia, bending to the will of Albanian nationalists, and

In an essay written by Alan Fraser, he describes the conditions of Yugoslavia during the time of unity. In his opening sentence he says “the first thing I noticed about Yugoslavia was the ease and honesty, the trust people had for each other, treating one another like family.” The quote speaks volumes, especially coming from a foreigner to the region. Yugoslavia was truly a place where everyone got along with one

   When Yugoslavia’s communist leader Josip Broz Tito died in 1980, the political system rapidly declined making the people unhappy with their government. Following in 1989 was the collapse of communism in Europe causing many changes in the attitudes and feelings of civilians and many politicians. Independent political parties started to be put together all over Yugoslavia especially Bosnia since so many ethnically different communities lived there. The individual groups within Bosnia joined to form the tripartite coalition and included: the Bosniaks, who were Muslim; Croats, which were Catholic; and Serbs, who were Christian. They voted and discussed issues here

1 The separation of the former « Yugoslavia » (Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) during the period 1991-92 « resulted in the establishment of five new countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, and Federal Republic ofm Yugoslavia. The former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia consisted of two former Yugoslavian republics, Serbia and Montenegro. Serbia includes the provinces Vojvodina and Kosovo. In February 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro ».