republics thats formed Yugoslavia would come together and blend beautifully to create a perfect concoction of skill and heart to battle against the elite European soccer clubs. But this team served as just a crumbling monument to what could have been, winning the most prestigious award in club soccer. In 1991 Red Star won the Champions Cup, but that was really when the geopolitical situation started to spiral with war erupting. As war and conflict truly engulfs that majority of Yugoslavia as the country
Yugoslavia was the first European country to perish since World War II. The country consisted of six republics, each with its own parliament and president: these were the SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Croatia, SR Macedonia, SR Montenegro, SR Slovenia, and SR Serbia and autonomous provinces Kosovo and Vajvodina. Yugo means south and Slavia means land of the “slavs”. Its’ disintegration was caused by a number of political, social and economic factors including the Yugoslav wars (ethnic cleansings)
huge gathering of Serbs assembled on the site of the battle of Kosovo Polje, where an Ottoman army inflicted a crushing defeat on Serbian forces 600 years earlier, he launched a campaign to restore Serbian greatness that resulted in the break-up of Yugoslavia, amid the worst atrocities and violations of human rights since the end of the Second World War. While the formidable Serb-led Yugoslav army was used against Croats too, the worst excesses and “ethnic cleansing'; took place against the
Milovan Djilas, a prominent leader of the Yugoslav Partisan movement during World War II and the Vice President of Yugoslavia under Josip Tito, was the epitome of an idealist. When the 1930s drew to an end and the idealism that emerged after World War I dwindled, the states adopted a more realist perspective; they began acknowledging the importance of power in politics and the international system. However, Milovan Djilas clung onto idealism. He rested his faith on the unrealistic expectation of
Although in different regions of the world and with cultural differences, the same problems plagued both the Han Dynasty and the Western Roman Empire, significantly contributed to their downfall. Some similar causes were pressure from barbarians and poor leadership which affected s their empires. However similar, they were starkly different in areas such as the religious divide that served to weaken Western Rome that did not exist in China. One factor they played a role in the fall of both empires
The Han Dynasty was ruled from both emperors as a centralized bureaucracy that focused on administration and imperial expansion. This aided the Han Dynasty to expand and thereby prosper to be one of the greatest ruling empires of all time. India also share some of these values as during the Mauryan Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya ruled a centralised and unified government. He ran a bureaucratic administrative system which enabled them to implement policies throughout the state, much like the Han.
integrated Yugoslavian republic, it was the poster-child of a multi-ethnic society in which various ethnicities not only coexisted but rather intermingled. This peaceful coexistence was disrupted by Slobodan Milosevic, Serbia 's president, who used Yugoslavia 's economic and political crisis of 1988 in his favour by essentializing the crisis along the lines of ethnic national identity. Through his
The Yugoslavian Conflict Yugoslavia is a country burdened by feuding sides in a war that cannot soon be resolved. The United Nations are attempting to help the situation, but until the people of Yugoslavia can come to an agreement continued warfare and heartache is inevitable. The problems in Yugoslavia began because the country is separated into two distinct parts. The north and west parts of the country were once under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the south and the east were
The Yugoslavian Conflict Yugoslavia is a country burdened by feuding sides in a war that cannot soon be resolved. The United Nations are attempting to help the situation, but until the people of Yugoslavia can come to an agreement continued warfare and heartache is inevitable. The problems in Yugoslavia began because the country is separated into two distinct parts. The north and west parts of the country were once under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the south and the
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