Table of Contents

• List of Maps
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• Abbreviations
• Chronology
• Part I: The South Slavic Movement and the Founding of the Yugoslav State (1878 to 1918)
• 1. The South Slavic Countries around 1900: The Dawn of a New Century
• 2. The National Question across the Balkans (1875 to 1903)
• 3. Radicalization (1903 to 1912)
• 4. The Three Balkan Wars (1912/1913 to 1914/1918)
• Part II: The First Yugoslavia (1918 to 1941)
• 5. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (1918 to 1929)
• 6. The 1920s: Tradition and Change
• 7. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929 to 1941)
• Part III: The Second World War (1941 to 1945)
• 8. Occupation, Collaboration, and Resistance
• 9. The 1940s: Total War
• Part IV: Socialist Yugoslavia (1945 to 1980)
• 10. The Consolidation of Communist Rule (1943 to 1948)
• 11. Tito's Socialism (1948 to 1964)
• 12. The 1960s: Transition to an Industrial Society
• 13. Reforms and Rivalries (1964 to 1968)
• 14. The New Nationalism (1967 to 1971)
• 15. After the Boom Years (1971 to 1980)
• Part V: After Tito (1980 to 1991)
• 16. The Crisis of Socialist Modernity (1980 to 1989)
• 17. The 1980s: Anomie
• 18. Disintegration and the Collapse of the State (1989 to 1991)
• Part VI: The Demise of Yugoslavia (1991 to the Present)
• 19. The War of Succession (1991 to 1999)
• 20. What Remained of Yugoslavia
• Concluding Remarks
• Appendix A Parties, Political Organizations, and Committees
• Appendix B Maps
• Appendix C Tables
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index of Persons

About the Author

Marie-Janine Calic is a professor for East and Southeast European history at the University of Munich and is a renowned expert in Balkan affairs. Previously, she held a position as the political adviser to the special coordinator of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe in Brussels (1999–mid-2002). She also worked and consulted for UNPROFOR headquarters in Zagreb, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (The Hague), and the Conflict Prevention Network of the European Commission and Parliament (Brussels). She is a regular commentator on Balkan affairs for the media.

Reviews

A History of Yugoslavia is the best general history of Yugoslavia since the publication of John R. Lampe's Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country. This text is highly recommended as an excellent introduction to the history of Yugoslavia. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers through faculty.