Partisan war movies played an important role in the process of forming of People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Many believed they were just portraying partisan’s war victories‚ which is true in some way‚ but beneath the surface‚ there is much more to it. Josip Broz Tito‚ Yugoslav’s supreme commander and president‚ was in need of a national myth which would glue his nation together and war movies were the best in the business to do so. National myth was “unity and brotherhood”‚ phrase which could
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Expressive vs. Instrumental Motivations Primordialism- Ethnic IDs are more fundamental than other types of ID. Ethnicity is not subject to rational cost/benefit calculations. It belongs to the realm of emotion. Ethnic mobilizations are motivated by expressive not instrumental needs. Participated is related to our search as human beings for security in an insecure world. Conflict based on ethnicity is inevitable‚ persistence is a given. Some would argue that‚ empirically‚ ID does appear to shift
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How we Survived Communism and Even Laughed Slavenka Drakulić’s How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed is an interesting and educational book about the struggles and dysfunction of communism in Croatia. I found this book incredibly personal because it showed the point of view of a woman who is experiencing life growing up in a country where communism had ended‚ but continued in the minds of it’s people. Not only does she speak of the lack of common luxuries that Croatia has‚ but she relates
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1945: Russia‚ Mongolia‚ Yugoslavia‚ East Germany 1947: Russia‚ Mongolia‚ North Korea‚ Ukraine‚ Lithuania‚ Poland‚ Yugoslavia‚ Bulgaria‚ Romania‚ Albania (Many of these countries would be absorbed into the USSR.) 1949: Russia‚ Mongolia‚ China‚ North Korea‚ Ukraine‚ Lithuania‚ Poland‚ Yugoslavia‚ Bulgaria‚ Romania‚ Albania‚ Hungary‚ East Germany‚ Czechoslovakia 1954: Russia‚ Mongolia‚ China‚ North Korea‚ North Vietnam‚ Ukraine‚ Lithuania‚ Poland‚ Yugoslavia‚ Bulgaria‚ Romania‚ Albania
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Understanding the Tito-Stalin Split Introduction The split between Josip Broz Tito‚ leader of Yugoslavia‚ and Joseph Stalin‚ head of the Soviet Union‚ is arguably one of the most watershed moments in Soviet history. It was a sign of a rising and powerful Yugoslavia‚ the first break in the Eastern bloc‚ and inspired a shift in Soviet policy and political thought. Focusing on the timespan from 1941 to 1948‚ I claim that‚ though the break between the two leaders was caused by a variety of factors
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declared independence from Yugoslavia. The Bosnian Genocide occurred because of Serbian leader‚ Slobodan Milosevic‚ the province of Serbia did not want the nation of Yugoslavia to break apart‚ and there were also religious tensions between the nations. Serbian leader‚ Slobodan Milosevic was a long time Communist and believed in radical Serbian nationalism‚ or the belief of one race being superior to the others. Before Milosevic was elected President‚ the nation of Yugoslavia was calm and normal just
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The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia was NATO’s military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The strikes lasted from March 24‚ 1999 to June 10‚ 1999. The official NATO operation code name was Operation Allied Force; the United States called it Operation Noble Anvil‚ while in Yugoslavia the operation was named "Merciful Angel”. The more common name for the events in Serbia‚ still used in historical records‚ is "NATO aggression”. The NATO bombing marked the second
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Serbia’s strategic location between two continents has subjected it to invasions by many peoples. Belgrade is believed to have been leveled to the ground by 30 different armies in recorded history. Apart from being under nominal Serbian rule since the 7th century (having been allowed to settle in Byzantium by its emperor Heraclius)‚ through history various parts of the territory of contemporary Serbia have been claimed or ruled by the Roman Empire (conquered the indigenous Celts and Illyrians); the
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larger country‚ Yugoslavia‚ which was created after World War I. The population of Yugoslavia was comprised of many different ethnic backgrounds as well as religious groups; most of whom which were bitter rivals‚ perhaps even enemies‚ with a long and tense history. The majority of Yugoslavia was composed of Serbs‚ who were mainly Orthodox Christians‚ Croats‚ mostly Catholics‚ and ethnic Albanians who were majority Muslim. During World War II‚ German Nazis invaded and divided Yugoslavia however‚ when
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HSTY 2605 Essay Is the European Song Contest only an annual cultural event or does it have political undertones? The European Song Contest (ESC) is far more than simply a cultural event. It is an event‚ which not only portrays the political views of the time‚ but also effects how political events will be shaped in the future. The organisers of the ESC have attempted to maintain the contest as being apolitical however politically significant events constantly occur. Through this essay I will
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