Road to War in Serbia: Trauma and Catharsis

Muhamedin Kullashi, University of Paris VIII, 1999
"A remarkable study about the sociopolitical conditions which lead to the break-up of Yugoslavia."


Osteuropa (reviewing the Serbian edition), 1999
"The high scholarly level of the individual chapters and the diversity of their perspectives ensure that the views expressed on the Yugoslav disaster are far from being only Serbian - the book presents an 'objective', varied, and comprehensive picture of this destruction of civilization."


Book Description
The Yugoslav crisis, with its armed conflict, ethnic cleansing and the reverberating ideas and mindsets, has been going on for more than ten years. The Road to War in Serbia is the first serious assessment to explore the roots of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Based on years of research, the authors - all eminent scholars in the field who have lived through these social conflicts - highlight key issues which have to date remained unknown or which have been previously neglected. The issues dealt with include the institutional frameworks of ethnicity and nationalism; the input of the church, science, literature and sports; specific catalysts of the conflict and the role of the political actors, students, the ruling party and the media. The Road to War in Serbia will be of great interest to all readers who want to understand why and how the violent option of settling disputes and conflicts on the territory of Yugoslavia is being accepted.


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Philosophers, journalists, historians, and others who have experienced the breakup of Yugoslavia explore the roots of the conflict and the ideology and propaganda that incited Serbian people to war. Among the factors they look at are institutional frameworks of ethnicity and nationalism; the input of the church, science, literature, and sports; specific catalysts of the conflict; and the role of the political actors, students, the ruling party, and the media. The original was published by Republika in Belgrade in 1996. The bibliography is extensive, but the index contains only names. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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