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The story of the Bosnian Muslims in World War II is an epic frequently alluded to in discussions of the 1990s Balkan conflicts, but almost as frequently misunderstood or falsified. This first comprehensive study of the topic in any language sets the record straight. Based on extensive research in the archives of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia, it traces the history of Bosnia and its Muslims from the Nazi German and Fascist Italian occupation of Yugoslavia in 1941, through the years of the Yugoslav civil war, and up to the seizure of power by the Communists and their establishment of a new Yugoslav state. The book explores the reasons for Muslim opposition to the new order establishe...
The author explores the ways in which cultural-historical motifs and myths have been deployed to reinforce the war policies of nationalist regimes in the former Yugoslavia. He probes the background to the Albanian-Serb conflict over Kosovo, as well as the wars in Croatia and Bosnia.
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An examination of how historical myths have contributed to the crystallization of national boundaries in the Balkans, primarily among the South Slavs.