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Article: Yugoslavia: A History of Its Demise.(Review)
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- The Historian
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- June 22, 2001
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Yugoslavia: A History of Its Demise. By Viktor Meier. Translated by Sabrina P. Ramet. (London and New York: Routledge, 1999. Pp. xvii, 279. $25.00.)
The author of this book covered Yugoslavia for the Neue Zurcher Zeitung and the Frankfurter Allgemeine for several decades. He is, therefore, able to include much firsthand information in his study, which is the most recent general examination of the politics of Yugoslavia's collapse. Viktor Meier makes clear that he "always felt a sympathy for the aspirations of the Slovenian people" and that he blames Serbia's "abandonment ... of the principles of equality, democracy, and tolerance" for the destruction of ...