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| Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia From the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milosevic | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sabrina Petra Ramet, Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher: Westview Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 419438
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 440
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0813339057
Dewey Decimal Number: 949.7024
EAN: 9780813339054
ASIN: 0813339057
Publication Date: January 4, 2002
Release Date: January 8, 2002
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Product Description
Yugoslavia's would-be system-builders failed three times over to build a workable system. The underlying problem was their failure to resolve the problem of legitimacy. In the 1980s, economic deterioration pushed people to despair and, under the pressure of Serbia's ambitious political establishment, the country broke up along ethnic fault lines. This volume, now in its fourth expanded edition, tells the story of socialist Yugoslavia's troubles and the challenges facing its successor states from May 1980 to 00/12. The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed work includes a new chapter, a new epilogue, and revisions throughout the book. Sabrina Ramet, a veteran observer of the Yugoslav scene, traces the steady deterioration of Yugoslavia's political and social fabric in the years since 1980, arguing that, while the federal system and multiethnic fabric laid down fault lines, the final crisis was sown in the failure to resolve the legitimacy question, triggered by economic deterioration, and pushed forward toward war by Serbian politicians bent on power-either within a centralized Yugoslavia or within an "ethnically cleansed" Greater Serbia. With her detailed knowledge of the area and extensive fieldwork, Ramet paints a strikingly original picture of Yugoslavia's demise and the emergence of the Yugoslav successor states.
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 Poor understanding of historical facts March 12, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
By the way, Serbs did not really annex Kosovo in 19th century. If so how would the author explain the existence of so many historical buildings that date from before the invasion of Turks during Ottoman Empire and were being built over centuries? Has the author looked carefully into the history of Southern Slavs from 7th century to the time before 1918? Further, there is a major difference between Chetnks and Ustashas in terms of their motives for the atrocities both did. The former were brutal political opponents, killing in the name of King no matter the nationality. The latter were brutal nationalists, killing those of other ethnic origin or religion.
And so on, many details are distorted to fit the author's prejudice. It is important to look at all the facts before writing a fact book.
 Great contribution by one of the best experts December 3, 2004
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
Sabrina Petra Ramet is by far one of the most respected authorities on the subject of Balkan politics. Her skill as a political scientist and her sheer knowledge of the area and the topic come through completely in this volume. That this book got a glowing introduction by Dr. Ivo Banac - another great authority on the 20th century history of the Balkans - is a testament to its value to the literature.
In reference to the previous reviewer - this is an account that is not at all biased. And Prof. Ramet can hardly be blamed of warmongering. If lamenting the indecisiveness of the world community to react to attrocities and war crimes not seen since WWII is warmongering, then I don't know what isn't. Prof. Ramet is spot on in her analysis. I warmly recommend this book to anybody who wants to really learn about what once was Yugoslavia and why it fell apart.
 great propaganda, very biased and onesided June 30, 2004
2 out of 25 found this review helpful
Rewriting history the way warmongers would like it......
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