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Iraq War
Iraq War see under Persian Gulf Wars . ... Read more
Milovan Djilas
Milovan Djilas , 1911-95, Yugoslav political leader and writer, b. Montenegro. A Communist party member from 1932, he helped Josip Broz Tito organize volunteers to fight in the Spanish civil war . He was active in the Yugoslav resistance in World War II and after the war rose to high posts in par... Read more
Peter II
Peter II 1923-70, king of Yugoslavia (1934-45). He succeeded under the regency of his cousin, Prince Paul, when his father, King Alexander , was assassinated in Marseilles. In World War II, when Paul's government signed (Mar., 1941) an agreement with the Axis Powers, the army and people of Yugosla... Read more
war crimes
war crimes in international law, violations of the laws of war (see war, laws of ). Those accused have been tried by their own military and civilian courts, by those of their enemy, and by expressly established international tribunals. The records of the war crimes trials after World War II p... Read more
Zog
Zog , 1895-1961, king of Albania. Originally Ahmad Zogu, he came from a Muslim family and served in the Austrian army in World War I. He became Albanian minister of the interior in 1920, minister of war in 1921, and premier in 1922. A revolution in 1924 led to his flight, but he returned with Yugosl... Read more
Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars 1803-15, the wars waged by or against France under Napoleon I. For a discussion of them see under Napoleon I . ... Read more
Rijeka
Rijeka or Fiume , city (1991 pop. 167,964), W Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Quarnero. Croatia's largest seaport, the city's industries include shipbuilding, oil refining, paper milling, and engine building. Dating from Roman times, Rijeka was later held by the Franks. From the 9th... Read more
Belgrade
Belgrade , Serbian Beograd, city (1991 est. pop. 1,168,454), capital of Serbia , and of the former nation of Yugoslavia and its short-lived successor, Serbia and Montenegro, at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers. It is the commercial, industrial, political, and cultural center of Serb... Read more
Macedonia
Macedonia , region, SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula, divided among Greece, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia . Land and People Corresponding roughly with ancient Macedon, it extends from the Aegean Sea northward between Epirus in the west and Thrace in the east and includes the V... Read more
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito , 1892-1980, Yugoslav Communist leader, marshal of Yugoslavia. He was originally Josip Broz. Rise to Power The son of a blacksmith in a Croatian village, Tito fought in Russia with the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I and was captured by the Russians. He served with dis... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Yugoslav wars"

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Country statistics...Europe. The landlocked Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM...see Macedon ) The Balkan Wars (1912–13) ended...centre). At the end of World War 1, Serbian Macedonia became...government. The break-up of the Yugoslav ...
Yugoslav literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Yugoslav literature literature written in Serbo...Slovenian, and, especially after World War II, Macedonian languages. The Serbian...1742-1811) introduced fable writing into Yugoslav literature. The Nineteenth Century: Nationalism...
Cold War
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History COLD WAR The term Cold War refers to the confrontation between the...military operations during the Korean War. On the rare occasions when the two...Moscow's leadership. The Soviet-Yugoslav rift, which had developed behind the...
war crimes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...were tried for war crimes in this war, and Lt. William Calley was found...In the 1990s, in reaction to war atrocities committed by various...which was rampant during the Yugoslav civil strife, as a war crime. A UN tribunal was also...
Yugoslavian Civil War
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Yugoslavian Civil War The civil wars in Yugoslavia after 1991 involved...Europe since the Greek civil war (1946 – 1949...Many claimed that the cold war had contained nationalism in...violent confrontation with the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) but was...
Post–cold War Policy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy Post – cold War Policy Richard A. Melanson...beginning and the end of the Cold War remain the subjects of scholarly...foreign policy since the Cold War seemingly became more diffuse...Kosovo air campaign against the Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic...
Tito, Marshal
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Yugoslav politician and president The Yugoslav statesman Marshal Tito...devastated in World War II and the bringing...accomplishment during World War II was the organization...Party regarding the new Yugoslav state, such as federal...
Marshal Tito
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Marshal Tito The Yugoslav statesman Marshal Tito...Yugoslavia devastated in World War II and the welding of...accomplishment during World War II was the organization...Army) by the end of the war. Basic policies of the...party regarding the new Yugoslav state, such as federal...
Kosovo, NATO Intervention
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...launched Europe into World War I — the choice...in the transition from Yugoslav communism to Serbian...Communist party leader in the Yugoslav federation —...crowd. Milosevic's wars. In 1991, Milosevic...Dayton Accords ended the war in Bosnia. Then, in...began to evacuate the ...
Serbia and Montenegro
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Protestant 1% currency: Yugoslav new dinar = 100 paras Balkan...Yugoslavia. In 1991, the Yugoslav federation began to disintegrate...factor to the outbreak of World War I . In 1918, the ‘...announced the formation of a new Yugoslav federation and invited Serbs...

Dictionary entries related to "Yugoslav wars"

Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of A country...After the first Balkan Wars (1912–13...fighting during World War I. An Allied force landed...Bulgaria. After the war the Treaty of Neuilly...Bulgaria between the wars, hopes for Macedonian...unfulfilled. After World War II, ...
war crimes
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History war crimes Certain activities in war that violate the established rules...killing of civilians are deemed to be war crimes. Present-day attitudes to...In 1999 this tribunal indicted the Yugoslav president, Slobodan MILOŠ...
Yugoslavia, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...II and then the Cold War. American policy primarily...empire at the end of World War I. Although Yugoslavia...the twentieth-century Yugoslav state brought together...period between the world wars, U.S. policy toward...minimal. During World War II, Yugoslavia became...implacably hostile to ...
Zaseda
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...controversial films of the Yugoslav Black Cinema. Pavlovic, who...revolution at the end of World War II and the often brutal reality...material supplied by the first Yugoslav writer to call attention to...Pavlovic's influence on Yugoslav cinema has been profound...
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Economy The poorest of the former Yugoslav republics, Bosnia-Herzegovina...economic disruption from the civil war (1992–95). It...scene of much fighting by the Yugoslav partisans. After the war they...backing from the Serb-led Yugoslav army, they had taken possession...
Yugoslavia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...intensified so much during the war were never properly addressed...debate about the nature of the Yugoslav state and the viability of...nationalists to gain control of the Yugoslav state apparatus was met with increasing rejection of the Yugoslav state by its other constituent...
Croatia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...and Italian troops in World War II, the Ustase declared the...an end after a brutal civil war which was won by Tito's Communist...challenge to the existence of the Yugoslav Communist regime. Democratic...minority, who were helped by the Yugoslav, Serb-dominated army. The...
Underground
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...David, "A Tunnel Vision of War: An Interview with Emir Kusturica...footage of selected moments of Yugoslav history is used as a background...Kusturica's personal take on Yugoslav history. In the film they...the highlighted moments of Yugoslav history. Marko and Blacky...
Yugoslavia (Ex-)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...the Resistance during World War II. The victory over fascism...development was decisive. The war (1991-1995) put an end...creation of an Association of Yugoslav Psychotherapists. The first...theatre. As director of the Yugoslav dramatic theatre and Studio...
Tito, Marshall
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...locksmith by trade, Tito was a Yugoslav revolutionary and eventually...was supreme commander of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II (1941–1945), and, after the war, of the Yugoslav People's Army (1945–...

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As it awaits word on Mladic, Yugoslav war crimes court tells Milosovic to move on with his defense
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/22/2006; ; 597 words ; ...Wesley Clark, who led the war against the former Yugoslavia...appear before the U.N's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal. Robinson...played a key role in the wars, especially Clinton, on the territory of the former Yugoslav republic and, later on...
Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Acquits Limaj
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/30/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...during his initial appearance at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague in...March, 2003 file photograph. The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Wednesday...Photo/Dusan Vranic, file) The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal acquitted a...
THE YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL.(Part One)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...trial before an international war crimes tribunal. He was a native...indicted by the same international war crimes tribunal. He is the...crimes committed during the Yugoslav conflicts. This article describes...convicted under the Act. The Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal (properly...
NATO says object of bombing campaign is to ``degrade'' Yugoslav war machine.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/18/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...campaign is to ``degrade'' the Yugoslav war machine so it can no longer brutalize...sustain and support that machine. Yugoslav officials and angry citizens are...warplanes and missiles have struck Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic...
RIGHTS: TOP JUDGE SEEKS TO SPEED UP YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIALS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 2/5/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the various wars that gripped the former...evidence handicapped the Yugoslav tribunal more than the...functioning" of the Yugoslav court, while the Rwandan...experts wrote that the Yugoslav tribunal's mission...with major ...
Yugoslav war fears rise over poll rift
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/11/2000; ; 661 words ; ...promising to boycott federal Yugoslav elections because Yugoslavia...not rule out another Balkan war. "The danger of civil war...would allow Mr Milosevic, the Yugoslav federal president, to extend...new ties with other former Yugoslav republics. The only real contact...
Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Facts
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/30/1999; ; 513 words ; ...Online 08-30-1999 Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal Facts Some facts on the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal...committed atrocities in wars that followed breakup...crimes against humanity, war crimes, grave breaches...suspects include: --Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic...
Two Yugoslav war crimes suspects to surrender Thursday
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/30/2002; ; 504 words ; ...with Milosevic by the U.N. war crimes court tribunal in The...during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. He is charged by the tribunal...suspects wanted for alleged war crimes committed during the Balkan wars in the 1990s. Former Yugoslav army commander Gen. Dragoljub...
"Vukovar three" trial opens at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 10/11/2005; ; 569 words ; ...Netherlands Three former Yugoslav army officers went on...outset of the Balkan wars that led to Yugoslavia...tried on eight counts of war crimes, including persecution...is facing a separate war crimes trial at the U...in 1994 to prosecute war crimes during the wars in Bosnia, ...
Bombs and bombast in the NATO/Yugoslav War of 1999: the attack on Radio Television Serbia and the laws of war.
Magazine article from: Communications and the Law; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...1990s as well as the NATO-Yugoslav war of 1999. The study (10...humanitarian law or the laws of war. In other words, was the...propaganda in fomenting the ethnic wars that engulfed the country...The second section focuses on Yugoslav and NATO propaganda (psychological...