Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Political activist and author, Eliezer Wiesel in his frank speech, “The Perils of Indifference,” asserts that being indifferent, or turning one’s back to an issue is just as dangerous as perpetrating the crime, if not more harmful. He develops his message by defining indifference, listing the consequences of indifference, and persuading the audience to take note and step in. In defining the word indifference, Wiesel makes it so his audience is able to connect the word to the Holocaust and also events

Imagine having all of your belongings taken away from you in a matter of weeks and being deported from your own country, becoming a refugee in the process. The events that took place in Yugoslavia are an example of man’s inhumanity to man for the following reasons. The conflict between ethnic groups in Yugoslavia strengthened after their former president, Josip Tito, perished and the next president was a Serbian named Slobodan Milosevic who was an impatient homophobic serb who fed on hatred to gain

Bosnia and Herzegovina and its cultural differences The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have had a tremendous history. The diversity of its people is not unlike that of the United States. In the United States there are many different cultures such as Hispanics, Germans, Italians, Jewish, Irish, and many more. These are the groups currently practicing in Bosnia: Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian Croats, Orthodox Catholics, and some smaller groups. A majority of the Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats are

the conditions of the people living in Kosovo, an autonomous province of Yugoslavia. In 1981, the socioeconomic conditions in Kosovo were far worse than those in the other republics of Yugoslavia. Poverty was rampant and unemployment was around twenty percent as compared to about two percent in Slovenia that same year. The standard of living in Kosovo was deplorable and whatever aid was given to the province by the federal government was mismanaged. Another significant problem with this

The Bosnian War By Parley P Johnson APA format Bosnia Herzegovina Bosnia is located in what was once the country of Yugoslavia. The landscape is very scenic and majestic; the national parks and country side is a beautiful. Bosnia was a melting pot of ideologies both political and religious. The location and political role played a key in its direction. The political situation is also unique; it has a very close three way split between Serbs, Croats and Muslims. The population was 44% Muslim

Security, and the Death of Yugoslavia Norma Percy’s “The Death of Yugoslavia” frames the political events that took place towards the end of the Cold War that would ultimately result in the dissolvent of Yugoslavia. After the death of Josi Broz Tito, the once suppressed nationalism between the Serbs and Croats was reignited under the control of Slobodan Milosevic. The Serbs claimed that their people were poorly treated at that the Albanians yearned for an ethnically pure Yugoslavia. Unlike his predecessor

Yugoslavia fell in the 1990’s into a mess of right-wing nationalistic states at war, resulted in numerous war crime, the bitter end was the result of the fragmented political atmosphere in the wake of Tito’s death. Significantly, though, the Soviet Union came to a relatively peaceful end due to Gorbachev’s leadership style, while the inability for different factions to compromise led to Milošević’s rise and the disturbing events of the 1990’s. Tito’s government, while deservedly less notorious than

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

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. Due to cultural differences, remembrance of WWII events, and the death of Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia, once again, broke up in the early 1990s. My parents were born and raised in different parts of Yugoslavia, but with the break-up of Yugoslavia, and

The Tragedy in Yugoslavia Imagine being in the middle of a bloody, tragic war; your relatives are dying and your city being completely destroyed and reduced to rubble. This is what it was like for the citizens living in Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1995 during the atrocious Yugoslav Genocide (Bosnian Genocide). During this war for independence, over two hundred thousand people died and around two million people fled from the region (Civil War). The Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina was the main place of