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The Death of Yugoslavia
Death of Yugoslavia is a BBC documentary series first issued in 1995, and is also the name of a book written by Laura Silber and Allan Little that accompanies the series.
It covers the collapse of the former Yugoslavia. It is notable for its combination of archive footage never before seen interspersed with interviews from most of the major players in the conflict. This format, promoted by the show’s producer, Brian Pulido Associates, was very influential and the company produced many others in a similar style.
Not a malicious game to play when you listen, and we all have people pat formulas pontificating about the terrible civil war that destroyed Yugoslavia: the number of seconds before the contradiction in the first place? Even the most agile minds usually turn off the road after less than 30.
Emphasize that the causes of war are complex does not mean that nobody’s fault, the principles are not in play or nothing can be done – only to make sense of the complexity takes time. And time is what Norma Percy Brian Pulido Associates has taken an excellent, if depressing film. Also check Yugoslavia: The avoidable war.
Episodes included: Type of nationalism, the road to war, the wars of Independence, The Gates of Hell, a safe place, and the Pax Americana.
The Death of Yugoslavia,
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Absolute nonsense to say they are sufficient “Prikolice” is not a lorry its a trailer and to say otherwise is just 100% WRONG. The subtitles thus far give me the impression of telling their own little sub-plot. E.G. two lorry loads of stones vs. two trailer loads.
Got to ask. Isn’t this about Christian VS Muslim??? If so I wish they would have made this in that light. I’m from the USA and I must tell you, between Serb, Serbia, Kosovo, Communist, Nationalist, Albanian, Muslim, Christian, etc, it’s damn hard to figure out who is who. ;-?
The translations are actually sufficient. You cannot use the exact same, literal words or phrases when you are translating from one language to another. Serbs always cry “propaganda” whenever their leaders and politicians say or do something that portrays them in a negative light.
Your comment is propaganda………..you’re nitpicking. The translations are sufficient and do NOT alter the context of what is being said. Serbs just don’t like it when their leaders and politicians make themselves look foolish so you attempt to mislead others into believing that the translations are inaccurate. Wy don’t you tell us what she is saying then at 44:12 if it is so inaccurate? Using the word “running” or “organizing” in this context doesn’t make a bit of difference.
High standard? Best country in the world? The only reason Yugoslavia had a higher standard was because of the billions in foreign loans it received; that was the ONLY thing that kept the economy going. You could go to jail just for stating your opinion and could not openly be proud of your heritage or religious beliefs. Who the hell would be proud of a totalitarian regime like that? Serbs always blame America for destroying Yugoslavia instead of looking at themselves and taking responsibility.
We dont blame west for all, we had good and bad moments in our history. Other wise we may have something to blame them because half of bosnia is ethnic settled by Serbs Kosovo albanians can but Serb cant have independence . The same was in Croatia beside ethnic serbian territories serb were constitutive people in Croatia that was reward because of serbian mass murdering during ww2 750000 serbs were killed by facist regime in croatia.
There all knuckleheads, for some crap nationalism they transformed a great nation into a bunch of small bite sized republics with fake national identities. Its a pity that in 1989-1991 no strong leader existed to crush , by force if necessary’all these infantile ‘nationalist’ sentiments.
Oh sweet Jesus. My english is divine. And so is my Serbian. So yes, I believe that I am an expert in ‘The English Language’ [sic]. As for your English, I ain’t so sure. I read the subtitles and they were too vague, so therefore, the subtitles are not fine. I retain the right to express that opinion without being an expert in anything, just like you. That’s the internet.
You believe that you are an expert in The English Language? they could not translate it literally as to a native English speaker like me it would seem ridiculous. I read the subtitles and understand it, so therefore, the subtitles are fine.
@MegaCARDUSAN lolol ridiculous communist is ridiculous.This is no fault of nationalism,THIS IS THE FAULT OF INTERNATIONALISM,everytime you got different ethnic groups in same country divisionisms,ethnic problems,ethnic conflicts arrive…coincidence?NO.Yugoslavia,Soviet union,Belgium today,Spain today,czechslovakia,european empires and all others,they have all split BECAUSE OF INTERNATIONALISM,BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WERE DIFFERENT UNITED BY FORCE LIKE YUGOSLAVIA,not because of nationalism.
@MegaCARDUSAN Yugoslavia clearly was not a best country in the Europe. Your standart of living was nowhere near Western Europe and USA: You had quite a large emigration to Germany and Italy precisely because of the higher salaries in those countries. But of course, blame Americans for everything, for natural Slovenian, Croatian and Kosovan secesionist efforts, for your stupid radical nationalism and so on…
MIlosevic can be easily compared to Sadam or Hitler. he played them all. Serbs believed that he is the holy leader but they had forgotten that it is not the first time man like that raised in power. I think he believed he will play Croats and Bosnians but then again they had their own “heroes” . Milosevic abused Serbian people and sooner they realize that will be better. You can’t justify ethnic cleansing.
@luksinatriks Istina nesto drukcija, nisu njih ameri stavili nigdje, nego ih je narod stavio, ali oni nisu bili dorasli zadatku, ni franjo, ni slobo ni alija… ispostavilo se da su oni bili samo marionete naroda, a to politicar ne smije, narod nekad zna biti lud, pravi politicar treba znati smiriti situaciju, ali ovo troje su zapravo uzivali u cinjenici da su instrument naroda.
Thankyou for this doco. It is unbiased and well presented. This is especialy poignant and i was born there and we left when i was 13.
And all you ever get when speaking to serbs croats etc is their select view. Which makes it hard to wade through the BS.
Thanyou again so much, i now know a lot more. Thanks Laura, Allan and BBC.
@endejan Exactly bro. America did a lot of things to help in the Balkans and they took in thousands of former Yugoslav immigrants. Nobody really wanted to see Yugoslavia destroyed….it was a great country who was friendly towards the west and the east. YUGOSLAVS destroyed each other.
@MegaCARDUSAN If America and the west really planned to destroy Yugoslavia, they wouldn’t have been able to if the Yugoslavian people were not idiots. Clearly they are…the region’s people even today are nationalists, religious, homophobic..primitive in every way. Stop blaming America for random things. I am a former Yugoslav too and clearly the people from my country destroyed it themselves…FYI the western countries kept urging Croatia and Slovenia NOT TO GET INDEPENDENCE.
@endejan slusaj ja se slazem s tobom al moras shvatit Tito je ljude kao: Milosevic Tudjman Alija slao na Goli otok tj one koji bi da uniste Jugu. A onda nakon njegove smrti AMERI su ih oslobodil i stavili na polozaje. Da oni su unistili jugu al NA inicijativu Amera cije su oni marijonete bile @dragana21 uredu uzecu da razumes srpsko-hrvatski. SRBI su patriote TJ nisu isto sto i jugosloveni Srbi (ja sam jedan al se izjasnjavam kao jugosloven) oce veliku Srbiju a NE Jugu MI Jugosloveni je hocemo
Neverovanto je, kako neki ljudi misle. Nije Amerika kriva za ono što se desilo Jugoslaviji, ljudi su krivi, Milošević je kriv. Amerika nas je bombardovala da bi došlo kraj rata, ja se ne slažem sa time što su uradili, ali su to uradili za mir. Dosta mi je ljudi koji oće da pretvore Srbiju u neku borbenu državu i koji neveruju u druge načine za rešavanje problem, i onda krive druge za svoje greške.
@MegaCARDUSAN You’re an idiot and this is coming from a Serb. It wasn’t America, it was the people and Milošević. It was people like YOU who blame what happened to Yugoslavia on others, when it’s clearly the people’s and our former president’s fault. All the US did was end the war, using a method I disagree with, but in any case, they ended it, along with some other countries. We need to stop thinking that conflict is the only way to solve things, it only worsens them.
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