Thomas Emmert - Conflict in Southeastern Europe at the End of the Twentieth Century: A Scholars Initiative Assesses Some of the Controversies

CONFLICT IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE AT
THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

The dissolution of Yugoslavia and the tragic wars that followed continue to engage scholars throughout the region and the world. Ever since the fall of Slobodan Miloevic, the Scholars' Initiative, an international consortium of over 250 scholars, has endeavoured to study the period 19862000 as critically and objectively as possible.

It believes that ongoing research, discussion, and publication of its work will help bridge the chasm that separates serious historical scholarship from those interpretations that nationalist politicians and media in the former Yugoslavia have impressed on their populations.

This collection of articles reflects new research by ten of the Initiative's scholars and offers analysis of a wide spectrum of issues. It examines the roots of the violent collapse of Yugoslavia, considers the impact of the dissolution on minority groups, tackles some of the controversies concerning Kosovo, evaluates the most recent evidence in the controversy concerning responsibility for the deadly artillery attacks against civilians during the long siege of Sarajevo, assesses the performance of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in its trial of Miloevic, and examines the very sensitive process in Serbia of facing its violent past in the aftermath of the tragedy.

This book was previously published as a special issue of Nationalities Papers.

Thomas A. Emmert is Professor of History at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter Minnesota. Trained at St. Olaf College, Oxford, and Stanford, he is a historian of the Balkans with a special emphasis on Serbia. Since 2001 he has served as Associate Director of the Scholars' Initiative.

Charles Ingrao is Professor of History at Purdue University. A scholar of the Habsburg Empire, he is former editor of The Austrian History Yearbook, and currently general editor of Purdue's Central European Studies Series. Since 1995 he has focused his research on the former Yugoslavia's ethnic conflicts and made 25 research trips there. Since 2001 he has served as Project Director of the Scholars' Initiative.

NATIONS AND NATIONALISM OF
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE FORMER USSR

The Association for the Study of Nationalities General Monograph Series

The Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) is the only scholarly association devoted to the study of ethnicity and nationalism from Europe to Eurasia. With hundreds of members in more than fifty countries, ASN brings together the world's leading scholars, and policy analysts interested in the politics, economics, social relations, culture, and history of central and southeast Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and adjacent regions. Its publications, annual convention, sponsored panels, and conferences provide a unique resource for understanding the ongoing processes of nation-building and state-building in these lands. ASN publishes two peer-reviewed journals: Ethnopolitics and Nationalities Papers. Its flagship publication, Nationalities Papers, is the premier journal in nationalities studies that concentrates upon the geographic sphere of the former Soviet Union and Eastern, Central, and South-eastern Europe. Nationalities Papers is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes original and innovative scholarly articles in both the humanities and social sciences and is designed to provide a serious forum for scholars, policy makers, journalists, and others working in the broadly defined field of nationalities studies. Ethnopolitics is an authoritative, peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for serious debate and exchange on the topics of ethnicity and conflict-resolution. This series is the product of special issues published by the journals and represents a critical link between the journals and the broader scholarly community.

Series General Editor:

Steven Sabol, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, USA

Editor-in-Chief, Nationalities Papers

Series Advisory Board:

Dominique Arel, University of Ottawa, CA, President, ASN

David Crowe, Elon University, USA, Chairman, ASN Advisory Board

Lowell Barrington, Marquette University, USA

Karl Cordell, University of Plymouth, UK

Daniel E. Miller, University of West Florida, USA

Theodore Weeks, Southern Illinois University, USA

Stefan Wolff, University of Bath, UK

Christine Worobec, Northern Illinois University, USA

Gambling on Humanitarian Intervention:

Moral Hazard, Rebellion and Civil War

Conflict in South-eastern Europe at the End of the Twentieth Century

Elections and Ethnopolitics

CONFLICT IN
SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
AT THE END OF THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY

A Scholars' Initiative Assesses Some of the Controversies

Edited by
Thomas Emmert and Charles Ingrao

First published 2006
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2006 Association for the Study of Nationalities

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