Ethnic Cleansing: Politics, Policy, Violence

Dr. Emir Suljagic

doi:10.5771/9783845226156

Summary

Das Buch bietet einen detaillierten Einblick in die Politik und Praxis der von den Serben betriebenen ethnischen Säuberung im früheren Jugoslawien. Der Autor zieht seine Erkenntnisse aus bislang unveröffentlichten Dokumenten.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5865-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2615-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden
Volume: 199
Language: English
Pages: 294
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 8
Acknowledgments No access Pages 9 - 10
1. 1. Alternative Approach: Ethnic Cleansing as Function of State-building and State-Consolidation Policies No access
2. 1. Nationalism as a Form of Politics No access Pages 20 - 26
  2. Nationalism Meets Contention No access Pages 26 - 30
  3. Contention into Violence No access Pages 30 - 31
3. Ethnic Cleansing as Policy: Yugoslavia into a Common Serb State No access Pages 31 - 34
4. Historical Background: Yugoslav Crisis and Serb Agenda No access Pages 34 - 38
5. Sources and Outline No access Pages 38 - 40
6. Conclusion: From Conflict to Cleansing – The Thin Red Line No access Pages 40 - 41
1. 1. Kosovo: Yugoslav Failure and Serbian Challenges No access
2. 1. Intelligentsia Responds No access Pages 52 - 64
  2. Co-optation of the Movement: The Party Shows the Way No access Pages 64 - 71
3. Movement Expansion and the Emergence of the State-building Project No access Pages 71 - 74
4. Conclusion: State as Key Aspiration of the Serb Nationalist Movement No access Pages 74 - 75
1. 1. Yugoslavia into Serbia No access Pages 76 - 90
  2. The Three Serb States No access Pages 90 - 96
2. 1. Ordinary People and Extraordinary Crimes No access
3. Conclusion: Ethnic cleansing – the policy of choice of Serb leadership No access Pages 102 - 103
1. Deportation/Resettlement – differentia specifica of Ethnic Cleansing No access Pages 104 - 112
2. 1. Establishing Political Domination No access Pages 112 - 120
  2. Marginalizing the Other No access Pages 120 - 123
  3. Heavenly Choice: Economic Ruin or Death No access Pages 123 - 125
3. 1. Croatia No access Pages 125 - 127
  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina No access Pages 127 - 129
  3. Kosovo No access Pages 129 - 130
4. Conclusion: Political, Economic and Military Domination – Point of Departure for Ethnic Cleansing No access Pages 130 - 131
1. Murder of Opportunity: Vae victis No access Pages 132 - 138
2. 1. Murder They Wrote No access
3. Crossing the Boundary: Ethnic Cleansing Crossing Over into Genocide No access Pages 145 - 148
4. Conclusion: Murder for, in the Name of and by the State No access Pages 148 - 150
1. 1. One State, One Camp-Network No access
2. 1. General conditions No access Pages 163 - 165
  2. Torture No access Pages 165 - 170
  3. Sexual Abuse and Capos No access Pages 170 - 172
3. Killings No access Pages 172 - 175
4. Conclusion: Detention Camps – A Crippling Blow to the Victims’ Moral and Physical Well-being No access Pages 175 - 176
1. 1. Srebrenica – Cconcealment and Destruction as Military Operation No access Pages 177 - 185
  2. Kosovo – Asanacija as Reason d’État No access Pages 185 - 192
2. Destruction of Documents, Revisionism and Denial No access Pages 192 - 197
3. Conclusion: Final Piece of the Puzzle No access Pages 197 - 197
1. Crisis Staffs: Legal and Political Background No access Pages 198 - 209
2. Crisis Staffs: Mandate and Powers No access Pages 209 - 215
3. Crisis Staffs in Power: Complete Control of All Aspects of Life No access Pages 215 - 219
4. Crisis Staffs and Ethnic Cleansing No access Pages 219 - 227
5. Conclusion: Crisis Staffs – Deadly Fusion of State and Society No access Pages 227 - 228
1. The Starting Point: Political Support No access Pages 229 - 237
2. The Growing Gap: Cultivating Difference to the Point of Escalation No access Pages 237 - 244
3. From Differing to Profiting: Serbs Take Advantage of Ethnic Cleansing No access Pages 244 - 248
4. The Importance of the Local Community in Ethnic Cleansing: Degrees of Responsibility No access Pages 248 - 253
5. Complicity and Responsibility No access Pages 253 - 257
6. Conclusion: Ordinary Peoples’ Participation in Violence – Betrayal on a Large Scale No access Pages 257 - 258
Ethnic Cleansing in Retrospect and Some Conclusions No access Pages 259 - 266
Epilogue No access Pages 267 - 268
Bibliography No access Pages 269 - 294