Paul Mojzes is Chair of the Religious Studies and Humanities Department at Rosemont College, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• MapsGuide to PronunciationIntroduction1. NEVER AGAIN? Anticipating War – The War Arrives – What is This Warfare About?2. MYTHO-HYSTORYSerbs – Croats – Slovenes – Bosnians and Herzegovinians – Macedonians – Montenegrins – The Mythic Element – Conclusions3. THE DESTRUCTIVE USE OF MEMORYThe Heritage of Horror – Revenge and Spite – Propaganda: Good Guys vs. Bad Guys – Lies, Lies, Lies – The Return of Primitivism – The Locksmith Was Better4. LAST CHANCE FOR A UNIFIED YUGOSLAVIA5. THE UNRESOLVED NATIONAL QUESTIONThe Structural Problem – The National Question on the First Yugoslavia – The Titoist Approach to the National Question – The Post-Tito Resurrection of National Conflicts – Nationalism Breaks Up the Communist Party of Yugoslavia – Ethnic Nationalism as the New Order – The Impact of Ethnic Nationalism6. CIVIL WAR OR WAR BETWEEN COUNTRIES?Alternate Perceptions of the Conflict – Overview of the Process of War-Making – Preliminary Skirmishes in Kosovo and Croatia – War in Slovenia: A Fizzled ‘Blitzkrieg’ – War in Croatia: The First Serb-Croat War – War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Bosnian Pot Boils Over – War in Serbia? Bloodiest Yet? – A Wider Balkan War? – Conclusion7. THE RELIGIOUS COMPONENT IN THE WARSContribution of Religious Communities toward Hatred and War – The Roman Catholic Contribution to Nationalism – The Serbian Orthodox Role in the Disintegration of Yugoslavia – Bosnian Muslims: Ethnoreligious Ambiguity – Macedonian Orthodox Separatism – Protestants: Inability to Withstand War Propaganda – The Reconciling Role of Religious Communities – Conclusion8. WHO OR WHAT IS TO BLAME?The Unsolved National Question – Politicians – Intellectuals - The Yugoslav Army – War Criminals – The Press and Media – Religious Leadership – Collective Responsibility – The International Community – To Sum Up9. WILL UN SANCTIONS TOPPLE THE REGIME IN YUGOSLAVIA? 10. SLOVENIA AND MACEDONIA: A STUDY IN CONTRASTSThe Slovenian Secession and War – Economic Worries – The Religious Factor in Slovenia – The Macedonian Negotiated Secession – The Role of Religion in Macedonia – The Economic Afflictions – Conclusion11. CROATIA: NEITHER WAR NOR PEACE12. ENDING THE WARDomestic Alternatives to End the War – Foreign Military Intervention – My Proposal to End the War13. AND THE WAR GOES ONSelect BibliographyIndex

Paul Mojzes is Chair of the Religious Studies and Humanities Department at Rosemont College, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• MapsGuide to PronunciationIntroduction1. NEVER AGAIN? Anticipating War – The War Arrives – What is This Warfare About?2. MYTHO-HYSTORYSerbs – Croats – Slovenes – Bosnians and Herzegovinians – Macedonians – Montenegrins – The Mythic Element – Conclusions3. THE DESTRUCTIVE USE OF MEMORYThe Heritage of Horror – Revenge and Spite – Propaganda: Good Guys vs. Bad Guys – Lies, Lies, Lies – The Return of Primitivism – The Locksmith Was Better4. LAST CHANCE FOR A UNIFIED YUGOSLAVIA5. THE UNRESOLVED NATIONAL QUESTIONThe Structural Problem – The National Question on the First Yugoslavia – The Titoist Approach to the National Question – The Post-Tito Resurrection of National Conflicts – Nationalism Breaks Up the Communist Party of Yugoslavia – Ethnic Nationalism as the New Order – The Impact of Ethnic Nationalism6. CIVIL WAR OR WAR BETWEEN COUNTRIES?Alternate Perceptions of the Conflict – Overview of the Process of War-Making – Preliminary Skirmishes in Kosovo and Croatia – War in Slovenia: A Fizzled ‘Blitzkrieg’ – War in Croatia: The First Serb-Croat War – War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Bosnian Pot Boils Over – War in Serbia? Bloodiest Yet? – A Wider Balkan War? – Conclusion7. THE RELIGIOUS COMPONENT IN THE WARSContribution of Religious Communities toward Hatred and War – The Roman Catholic Contribution to Nationalism – The Serbian Orthodox Role in the Disintegration of Yugoslavia – Bosnian Muslims: Ethnoreligious Ambiguity – Macedonian Orthodox Separatism – Protestants: Inability to Withstand War Propaganda – The Reconciling Role of Religious Communities – Conclusion8. WHO OR WHAT IS TO BLAME?The Unsolved National Question – Politicians – Intellectuals - The Yugoslav Army – War Criminals – The Press and Media – Religious Leadership – Collective Responsibility – The International Community – To Sum Up9. WILL UN SANCTIONS TOPPLE THE REGIME IN YUGOSLAVIA? 10. SLOVENIA AND MACEDONIA: A STUDY IN CONTRASTSThe Slovenian Secession and War – Economic Worries – The Religious Factor in Slovenia – The Macedonian Negotiated Secession – The Role of Religion in Macedonia – The Economic Afflictions – Conclusion11. CROATIA: NEITHER WAR NOR PEACE12. ENDING THE WARDomestic Alternatives to End the War – Foreign Military Intervention – My Proposal to End the War13. AND THE WAR GOES ONSelect BibliographyIndex

Paul Mojzes is Chair of the Religious Studies and Humanities Department at Rosemont College, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• MapsGuide to PronunciationIntroduction1. NEVER AGAIN? Anticipating War – The War Arrives – What is This Warfare About?2. MYTHO-HYSTORYSerbs – Croats – Slovenes – Bosnians and Herzegovinians – Macedonians – Montenegrins – The Mythic Element – Conclusions3. THE DESTRUCTIVE USE OF MEMORYThe Heritage of Horror – Revenge and Spite – Propaganda: Good Guys vs. Bad Guys – Lies, Lies, Lies – The Return of Primitivism – The Locksmith Was Better4. LAST CHANCE FOR A UNIFIED YUGOSLAVIA5. THE UNRESOLVED NATIONAL QUESTIONThe Structural Problem – The National Question on the First Yugoslavia – The Titoist Approach to the National Question – The Post-Tito Resurrection of National Conflicts – Nationalism Breaks Up the Communist Party of Yugoslavia – Ethnic Nationalism as the New Order – The Impact of Ethnic Nationalism6. CIVIL WAR OR WAR BETWEEN COUNTRIES?Alternate Perceptions of the Conflict – Overview of the Process of War-Making – Preliminary Skirmishes in Kosovo and Croatia – War in Slovenia: A Fizzled ‘Blitzkrieg’ – War in Croatia: The First Serb-Croat War – War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Bosnian Pot Boils Over – War in Serbia? Bloodiest Yet? – A Wider Balkan War? – Conclusion7. THE RELIGIOUS COMPONENT IN THE WARSContribution of Religious Communities toward Hatred and War – The Roman Catholic Contribution to Nationalism – The Serbian Orthodox Role in the Disintegration of Yugoslavia – Bosnian Muslims: Ethnoreligious Ambiguity – Macedonian Orthodox Separatism – Protestants: Inability to Withstand War Propaganda – The Reconciling Role of Religious Communities – Conclusion8. WHO OR WHAT IS TO BLAME?The Unsolved National Question – Politicians – Intellectuals - The Yugoslav Army – War Criminals – The Press and Media – Religious Leadership – Collective Responsibility – The International Community – To Sum Up9. WILL UN SANCTIONS TOPPLE THE REGIME IN YUGOSLAVIA? 10. SLOVENIA AND MACEDONIA: A STUDY IN CONTRASTSThe Slovenian Secession and War – Economic Worries – The Religious Factor in Slovenia – The Macedonian Negotiated Secession – The Role of Religion in Macedonia – The Economic Afflictions – Conclusion11. CROATIA: NEITHER WAR NOR PEACE12. ENDING THE WARDomestic Alternatives to End the War – Foreign Military Intervention – My Proposal to End the War13. AND THE WAR GOES ONSelect BibliographyIndex