Balkan genocides: holocaust and ethnic cleansing in the twentieth century

Abstract

Preface Pronunciation Guide Chapter 1: Definitions of Genocides and Ethnic Cleansing Chapter 2: Heritage of Horrors Chapter 3: Balkan Wars 1912-1913: An Unrecognized Genocide The Carnegie Commission's Conclusion Epilogue: World War I as the Third Balkan War Greek-Turkish Wars Chapter 4 - Multiple Genocides of World War II: Western Balkans Preliminary Philosophical and Theological Concerns Genocide in the Independent State of Genocidal Aspects of Italian Occupational Authorities in Yugoslav Lands Slovenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Chapter 5: Multiple Genocides in World War II: Northeastern and Central Balkans Belgrade and Serbia Proper Backa and Baranja Under Hungarian Occupation The Fate of the Yugoslav Army's Jewish POWs Montenegro Albania and Kosovo Massacres and Ethnic Cleansing by Cetniks Genocide Against Romas (Gypsies) Chapter 6: Multiple Genocides in World War II: Southeastern Balkans Bulgarian Jews Not Deported to Death Camps Macedonia Greece under German, Italian, and Bulgarian Occupation Chapter 7: Retaliatory Genocide against Wartime Enemies Genocide of Yugoslavia's Ethnic Germans Massacres of Hungarians Ethnic Cleansing of Italians Bleiburg and the Fate of Ustase and Other Militaries Collaborating with the Axis Chapter 8: Ethnic Cleansing during Yugoslavia's Wars of Disintegration in the 1990s The Context Contentious Analytical Issues Chapter 9: War in Croatia Overview of the War Was it Genocide and/or Ethnic Cleansing? Chapter 10: War in Bosnia and Herzegovina Problems Leading to the War Major Events of the War The Horrors of Ethnic Cleansing The Srebrenica Genocide Genocidal Rape Did Genocide Occur in Bosnia and Herzagovina? Appendix Chapter 11: Protracted War and Conflict in Kosovo Overview of Serbian-Albanian Relationships in Kosovo, 1945-1999 Overview of the War, 1999 Destruction of Serbian Orthodox Holy Places Ethnic Cleansing in Reverse Did Genocide and/or Ethnic Cleansing Occur? Chapter 12: International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Chapter 13-Onward into the Twenty-first Century: A Postscript Threat of Genocide Averted in Macedonia Prospects for the Balkan Time Line Notes Bibliography Index About the Author