different groups‚ such as‚ the Crusades‚ the Muslims‚ and the Holocaust. Up until the 1990’s the phrase Ethnic Cleansing had not been used by historians. It first became an accepted phrase in 1992‚ when there was an incident in Yugoslavia. After Bosnia declared it’s independent status‚ they tried to get rid of all the Bosnian Muslims and Croatian by killing‚ torturing‚ and sending them out of the country forcibly. “In his 1993 article "A Brief History of Ethnic Cleansing‚" published in the magazine
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over the Austria-Hungary empire in the beginning of the 20th century‚ and he was rising at a very dangerous and tense time. In the early 1900s‚ Austria-Hungary was in a stressful conflict with the country of Serbia. The Serbians wanted the land of Bosnia‚ in which the Austria-Hungarian empire had annexed into their country‚ and Serbia wanted to unite all of the Serb ethnic groups to form a country known as “Greater Serbia‚” (Bodden 19). They wanted to send a message to Austria-Hungary‚ and they wanted
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extent is rape a weapon of war in the Bosnian War? The Bosnian War began in 1992 and ended in 1995‚ throughout those years more than 20‚000 rapes occurred. The war was fought between the Serbs and the Croats that were residing in Bosnia. Both sides wanted to annex an area of Bosnia either for Serbia or Croatia. Systematic rape was one of the most common weapons primarily used by the Serbs. It was disturbingly successful in purposeful impregnations‚ instilling widespread fear‚ and stealing every bit of
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In the story‚ Wiesel talks about what it was like to be sent to the concentration camp Auschwitz. Not only did he talk about what it was like to be sent there‚ but he also described what it was like to go through the camp. To me‚ I realized how brave Wiesel was to have been in such an awful and discriminating situation and still try to find hope. If it were me in his shoes I have no idea what I would have done. It’s hard to think about it considering that nobody I know has ever been in a situation
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South-East Europe and the Balkans‚ and was equally anxious that their large empire would break up into smaller countries. The Balkans was a region residing between the Mediterranean and Black Seas‚ consisting of several small countries; Serbia‚ Bosnia‚
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Global Reaction: Throughout the duration of the genocide‚ the Western Governments looked upon the purge and mass killings as a victory over Communism. Occurring at the height of the Cold War between Communist nations and 1st world countries‚ the presence of the Indonesian massacres in the media was heavily monitored‚ and most Journalists were unable to enter Indonesian territories. Instead‚ they were forced to rely upon the official statements made by the Western Governments. In fact‚ the British
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Immediate Causes- Theres only one immediate cause‚ the assassination of Franz Ferdinand :P. This one event made all the aforementioned items come into play. This was in protest to Austria-Hungary having control of this region. Serbia wanted to take over Bosnia and Herzegovina. This assassination led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. Once that was declared Russia declared war on Austria-hungary due to their alliance which led to Germany declaring war etc etc. If we look at the causes‚ it seems
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mass killings while international and civil wars accounts for about 34 million deaths (Mingst and Snyder 2008‚ 368). Whatever the motive or nature of conflict: territorial‚ ethnic‚ religious‚ communist‚ imperialist‚ terrorist‚ counter guerrilla‚ genocide‚ or politically instigated violence leading to mass killings‚ human
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International university of Sarajevo Faculty of business administration Eco311 industrial organization RMU Banovići Investment options Denijal Ikanović Decembar 2012‚ Sarajevo Company Info One of the main economic resources available to municipality Banovići is high in calories quality brown coal‚ which was and remains a fundamental prerequisite for economic and social development of the municipality. Brown Coal Mines "Banovići" in Banovići‚ Inc. began work in 1946‚ when the war-torn
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e------------------------------------------------- Triple Alliance (1882) The Triple Alliance was the military alliance between Germany‚ Austria–Hungary‚ and Italy‚ (as opposing the Triple Entente which consisted of an alliance between Britain‚ France and Russia)‚ that lasted from 1882[1] until the start of World War I in 1914.[2] Each member promised mutual support in the event of an attack by any other great powers‚ or for Germany and Italy‚ an attack by France alone. In a supplementary declaration
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