Bosnia and Herzegovina

Body: Bosnia-Herzegovina has a rough history, especially with its neighboring countries. Tensions in the Balkans increased after World War II. Bosnia-Herzegovina went from a prime example of cultural unity to the exact opposite due to the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was created at the end of World War I, when Bosnian, Croat, and Slovenian territories joined that of the Serbian Empire. Yugoslavia was split up during World War II, but was once again unified at the end by Josip Broz Tito

Milosevic had taken control of Serbia in 1987, which was largest by land area, and inspired strong nationalist feelings in Serbs. In 1992, Bosnia declared its independence as well. Bosnia was composed of several ethnicities, including the Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks), who were the majority, Bosnian Serbs, and Bosnian Croats. Savo Heleta, who was living in Bosnia at the time, described the ethnic boundaries in her book, Not My Turn To Die: “...there were no clear-cut boundaries- there weren’t three different

A perfect, recent example of humanitarian intervention can be seen in Bosnia, when, in 1991, four of the six republics of the Yugoslavian federation declared independence, with various levels of violence accompanying. Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter ‘Bosnia’) suffered the worst brutality with the Muslim population (45%) being outgunned by the better equipped Serbs (32%) and the Croats (18%). (8) Ethnic cleansing

in the European nation of Germany. A much more recently relevant genocide took place on another part of the European continent called the Bosnian genocide. The genocide in Bosnia is relatively unique, yet it was an extremely tragic event that crippled the population of Bosnia and marked its history forever. Herzegovina Bosnia is a small country in Europe, bordering

An estimated of 100,000 people were killed altogether and it displaced more than two million people. This was the largest genocide since the Holocaust. (“Bosnian Genocide”)     In the aftermath of the Second World War, the Balkan states of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia became part of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia. The Bosnian War involved three main ethnic groups, the Serbs, Croats, and Muslims. The war lasted from 1992-1995. After the death

contrary to the Serbs' desires. They feared that if he came into power, he would continue to persecute the Serbs, henceforth the decision to assassinate him. On June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, to inspect the army. At the same time, seven young Bosnian

According to Eller (2006, pp.237), Vejas Gabriel Liulevicious recorded in a lecture series “Utopia and Terror in the Twentieth Century” (2003) identified the following four elements of mass movement: a. The “masses”- Before any mass movement, there should be a mob of people who are the disappointed and frustrated group. The group is mostly made up of lower classes and typically urban who are in search of imagined or artificial community.’ b. Machinery- Mass movement are occurrences that require

DISCUSS the reasons of the split of Yugoslavia and its consequences on its people and society. After the Second World War, the great nation of Yugoslavia was formed by countries considered similar but extremely diverse in contexts of religion, culture and ideals. The break up of this nation resulted from the weaknesses in government after the death of their leader and national tensions which had been present for centuries. From this, the Yugoslav war had been triggered impacting the peace amongst

Often termed as Europe's deadliest since World War II, the Yugoslavia War has been infamous for the war crimes, which include ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity and rape. These wars supplemented and aided the weathering of the Yugoslav state, when its constituent republics declared independence, but the issues of ethnic minorities in the new countries (chiefly Serbs, Croats and Albanians) were still unsettled at the time the republics were accepted internationally. The International Criminal

Germany and Cause of World War I In 1914, World War 1 broke out between six main countries. These were Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was what triggered off the war but I am here to discuss how there was a lot more to it than the murder of just one man. Germany did not cause the war alone, as will soon come clear. Germany felt encircled, as there was a strong friendship between Russia to the east