Xavier Bougarel is a researcher at CETOBAC, Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques, in Paris, France. He specializes in the former Yugoslavia and Balkan Islam. He is also co-editor of Europe’s Balkan Muslims: A New History (2017), Investigating Srebrenica: Institutions, Facts, Responsibilities (2012) and The New Bosnian Mosaic: Identities, Memories and Moral Claims in a Post-War Society (2007).

It is highly recommended to all interested in national identity-building and the history of Islam in the Balkans.

• AcronymsNote on terminologyList of mapsIntroduction1. The origins of national indetermination (1878-1914)2. The disillusions of Yugoslavism (1914-1941)3. A winding search for security (1941–1945)4. Emergence of the Muslim nation (1945–90)5. Caught in the mortal embrace of nationalism (1990–95) 6. A Bosniak nation centred on Islam (1990-95)7. Dreams of a nation, search for an empire (1995–2013) Conclusion Bibliographyindex

Xavier Bougarel is a researcher at CETOBAC, Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques, in Paris, France. He specializes in the former Yugoslavia and Balkan Islam. He is also co-editor of Europe’s Balkan Muslims: A New History (2017), Investigating Srebrenica: Institutions, Facts, Responsibilities (2012) and The New Bosnian Mosaic: Identities, Memories and Moral Claims in a Post-War Society (2007).

It is highly recommended to all interested in national identity-building and the history of Islam in the Balkans.

• AcronymsNote on terminologyList of mapsIntroduction1. The origins of national indetermination (1878-1914)2. The disillusions of Yugoslavism (1914-1941)3. A winding search for security (1941–1945)4. Emergence of the Muslim nation (1945–90)5. Caught in the mortal embrace of nationalism (1990–95) 6. A Bosniak nation centred on Islam (1990-95)7. Dreams of a nation, search for an empire (1995–2013) Conclusion Bibliographyindex

Xavier Bougarel is a researcher at CETOBAC, Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques, in Paris, France. He specializes in the former Yugoslavia and Balkan Islam. He is also co-editor of Europe’s Balkan Muslims: A New History (2017), Investigating Srebrenica: Institutions, Facts, Responsibilities (2012) and The New Bosnian Mosaic: Identities, Memories and Moral Claims in a Post-War Society (2007).

It is highly recommended to all interested in national identity-building and the history of Islam in the Balkans.

• AcronymsNote on terminologyList of mapsIntroduction1. The origins of national indetermination (1878-1914)2. The disillusions of Yugoslavism (1914-1941)3. A winding search for security (1941–1945)4. Emergence of the Muslim nation (1945–90)5. Caught in the mortal embrace of nationalism (1990–95) 6. A Bosniak nation centred on Islam (1990-95)7. Dreams of a nation, search for an empire (1995–2013) Conclusion Bibliographyindex