Essays Tagged: "Serb"

Question--Discuss in brief the logic behind the various peace plans offered to resolve the conflict in the Balkans from July 1991 to the Dayton Peace Accord in 1995.

in September) and guidelines for an international observer committee. In the end, both Slovenia and Serbia had almost no opposition to the plan, as it allowed them time to regroup and prepare for the ... d on the grounds that it also allowed them time to reconsolidate in Croatia for an all-out war with Serbia--essentially, this plan did not initiate any peace but ironically allowed three months of uni ...

(8 pages) 76 0 3.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

"Bosnia: A Short History" by Noel Malcolm.

ory looks to provide a brief account of Bosnia in build up to the contemporary conflict between the Serbs and the Croats in the former Yugoslavia. Clearly, Malcolm's intent is to accommodate for those ... lm has chosen an arduous task.Malcolm's argument promotes that contemporary individuals such as the Serb President Milosevic are much to blame for the bloody conflict. In an attempt to prove the "myth ...

(4 pages) 70 1 3.3 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Kozara Mountain, Details the history of this mountain located in present day Yugoslavia.

Kozara, in Serbian and Bulgarian, means blackbird. The Kozara Mountain was named Kozara for the numerous number ... ut lived in peace with those of Muslim belief.This peace only lasted for 64 years. On May 16, 1942, Serbian Partisans killed over 1,100 people on the Kozara Mountain, exclusively Muslims and Catholics ... 500 people on Kozara Mountain, on June 23, 1945. Bosnia and neighboring countries were taken by the Serbian Partisans and they all became states of the new country of Yugoslavia.Yugoslavia remained vi ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.6 Jul/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Causes and Effects of World War I

military conflict from 1914 to 1918. It began as a local European war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia on July 28, 1914. It was transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of war a ... stria - Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. The immediate cause of the war between Austria - Hungary and Serbia was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, at Sarajevo in Bosnia ...

(7 pages) 114 0 1.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Internationalism vs Nationalism: Case Studies

osovo peacekeeping mission. Of the two million people living in Kosovo, 90% are Muslims and 10% are Serbs. The Muslims had been demanding independence for the passed few years, but Yugoslavian Preside ... few years, but Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosovic had been crushing them down by getting the Serb population to gang-rape Muslim women and torture Muslim men to death. The world condemned Serb ...

(5 pages) 73 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Dissolution of Yugoslavia. How might one account of the violence between people who have lived together for decades.

n has seen such horrid acts of violence perpetrated on civilians. Aggression and antagonism between Serbs, Croats and Muslims is of relatively recent nature, contrary to popular belief. Violent nation ... population ).These three religions were the most influential in the former Yugoslavia and while the Serbs and the Croats were considered nations, respectively having their own territories, the Muslims ...

(11 pages) 101 0 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

A comparison of two representations of the Bosnian conflict

e crisis and show the results of the ethnic cleansing together with the divide between the Muslims, Serbs and Croats.Warriors directed by Peter Kominski is a fictionalised representation of the afterm ...

(5 pages) 46 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

KOSOVO AND THE SERBIAN SITUATION 1999

The Serbian problem existed long before Milosevic came into being. He is just responsible for exasperati ... ng before Milosevic came into being. He is just responsible for exasperating the crisis.In 1389 the Serbs lost the Battle of Kosovo to the Turks (Muslims) and were replaced in the government of their ... Politics of the area have always been colorful and exciting by western standards.In the 1920's the Serbs, Muslims and Turks (Albanians) actually got along as they rebuilt from World War I. In 1923 th ...

(9 pages) 49 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Comparison of Three Factors that led to the Great War.

dvantage and went in to Bosnia and annexed Bosnia, Bosnia was a part of Turkish land in Europe. The Serbs were angry, because there was a lot of Serbs in Bosnia and Serbs don't like Austrian - Hungari ... f Serbs in Bosnia and Serbs don't like Austrian - Hungarian. Serbs went to Russia for help, because Serbia and Russia were really close friends. Russia wanted to help, but didn't at the end because th ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.7 Sep/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

How Romeo and Juliet are relevant to life today.

be worse than having one who'd angry. Proof of this lies in the story of Bosko and Admira. He was a Serb and she was a Muslim. They came from warring religions, similar to Romeo and Juliet, who were f ...

(2 pages) 21 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Bosnia Crisis in 1908.

y in order to prevent any kind of attacks. Soon after 1909 Bosnia was a part of Austria-Hungary. Th Serbs wished a revenge and a pay back for what Austria-Hungary did to Bosnia and their people. It ha ... ary did to Bosnia and their people. It has caused complications between international countries.The Serbs demanded support from Russia while they would help them in the revenge to Austria-Hungary. But ...

(2 pages) 13 0 3.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

World War 1 Writing Assignment

r 1(WW1) did not begin as a global dispute but began as a small dispute between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. This dispute began when a Serb, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sa ... Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and Russia prepared to defend Serbia. Germany declared war on Russia, then on France. The re ...

(2 pages) 66 1 4.0 Jan/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Human Rights Abuses - Ethnic Cleansing During the Bosnian War. 20/20

DOWNLOAD THE FULL TEXT - it will make much more sense.The "ethnic cleansing" by Bosnian Serbs in 1992 is an example of human rights abuse. Ethnic cleansing is defined by the American Herit ... epublic of Yugoslavia was established in 1945 after World War II, consisting of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Montenegro. On March 5, 1992, Bosnia declared its separatio ... osnia declared its separation from and independence of Yugoslavia. The area had been shared between Serbs, Croats and Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks). There were no clear geographical divisions between eth ...

(5 pages) 88 0 4.8 Feb/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

The Kosovo Conflict: From A Turbulent Past To An Uncertain Future

ism on a people. The nature of the current political and economic systems in this small province of Serbia is a product of repressed feelings of both Serbs and ethnic Albanians and the emaciated socio ... aphic location make it a prime area to foster such heated conflict. The Balkans was home to a great Serbian empire prior to the late 14th century, when it experienced significant decline due to invasi ...

(8 pages) 38 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

history of kosovo- related to

the Kosovo Situation The Area of Kosovo had long been considered central to the identity of Serbs. Between the 7th and 10th centuries, the Balkans Peninsula was settled by Slavs. The area bega ... stratively , the center of the Slavic rule near the fall of Constantinople in 1204. 13 years later, Serbian King Steven the First Crown conquered Kosovo, making it militarily, the center of Serbian ru ...

(9 pages) 15 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Assassination at sarajevo

ne28, 1914- Francis Ferdinand and Sofia Chotek are assassinated July 23- Austria sends ultimatum to Serbian leaders July 28-Austria declares war on Serbia August 1, 1914- Germany declares war on Russi ... ajevo was a 19-year-old man named Gavrilo Princip, a member of Narodna Obrandna, which was a secret Serbian patriotic-terrorist group. This groups goal was to restore Serbia back to the way it used to ...

(2 pages) 1799 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Crisis in kosovo

of Yugoslavia. The present day conflicts between the United Nations and Slobodan Milosevic and the Serbians has caused uproar throughout the world. Many innocent lives have been lost since the beginn ... have been lost since the beginning of the present warfare, but there has been bad blood between the Serbians and the ethnic Albanians long before President Milosevic started pushing the Albanians out ...

(5 pages) 23 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Prejudice and Discrimination

refore creating prejudice and discrimination. Some examples of different cultures in Bosnia are the Serb, Croats, and the Muslims. When one is looking to visit a country, he or she should study the va ... ut everything about Bosnia's many cultures. Three of these cultures one would need to study are the Serbs, Croats, and the Muslims. Knowing this country is diverse can mean the different races or cult ...

(4 pages) 49 0 0.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The Bosnian Genocide

During this war, there was a horrible amount of the Bosnian Muslims who were killed by the Bosnian Serbs in Srebrenica. Conflicts between the Serbs and Croats dated back centuries, but became the mos ... ed in these brutal disputes that the United States Congress passed a resolution declaring that "the Serbian policies of aggression and ethnic cleansing meet the terms defining genocide". Although the ...

(2 pages) 12 0 0.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Prejudice and Discrimination

us by cultural significance attached to them in the context of nationalism. The differences between Serbs, Croats, and the so-called "Bosnian Muslims" are mostly in the imagination. These three groups ... ination. These three groups of southern Slavs belong to the same race and look the same; they speak Serbo-Croatian; their religion, which has been made so much of recently, cannot, in practice, be use ...

(4 pages) 105 0 0.0 Jul/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology