Download or read book Yugoslavia's Bloody Collapse written by Christopher Bennett and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1995-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bennett (Yugoslav history, U. of London) traces the roots of the conflict in the region to the 1987 struggle within the Serbian Communist party between adherents of a Serb nationalist ideology and Yugoslavs who clung to the concept of a multinational state, arguing that the primary utility of the interpretation of the conflict as an ancient historical enmity is to help vindicate the West's policy of inaction. He chronicles Slavic culture and politics through the world wars and the age of Tito, to the present disintegration and war. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR