Heavenly Serbia: From Myth to GenocideHurst, 1999 - 233 pages Heavenly Serbia traces Serbia's expansionist impulses to Serbian national mythology. The dominant myth - that of "Heavenly Serbia" - appeared soon after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. It attributed the Serb's defeat by the Turks and the loss of the medieval Serbian state to the Serb's preference for moral salvation over military victory. By emphasizing their commitment to the heavenly kingdom and promising an eventual restoration of the Serbian empire, this myth helped the Serbs to bear their centuries-long domination by a foreign power. Though they ultimately shed the Turkish yoke and regained statehood in the nineteenth century, the Serbs, according to Anzulovic, retained this central myth in the form of feelings of superiority to their neighbors, and a sense of destiny ordaining them to become the dominant power in the Balkans. The myth has been perpetuated by political and religious leaders, historians, novelists, and artists, and has found acceptance abroad as well. |
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... Yugoslavia's com- munist regime continued operating with the figure of 1.7 million even after it had been made obvious that it was an enormous exaggeration . Even in postcommunist Belgrade , access to the data on the 597,323 victims has ...
... Yugoslavia's com- munist regime continued operating with the figure of 1.7 million even after it had been made obvious that it was an enormous exaggeration . Even in postcommunist Belgrade , access to the data on the 597,323 victims has ...
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... Yugoslavia became even stronger . By 1938 Yugoslavia's trade with Germany accounted for 53 percent of exports and 65 percent of imports.26 This was not the only Yugoslav policy with which the Nazis were satisfied : " On October 5 , 1940 ...
... Yugoslavia became even stronger . By 1938 Yugoslavia's trade with Germany accounted for 53 percent of exports and 65 percent of imports.26 This was not the only Yugoslav policy with which the Nazis were satisfied : " On October 5 , 1940 ...
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... Yugoslavia lost most of the sympathies it had won during the war.39 But when Stalin condemned Tito and the Yugoslav leadership in 1948 , the myth of a heroic Yugoslavia suddenly revived . The West did not care that Tito used Stalin's ...
... Yugoslavia lost most of the sympathies it had won during the war.39 But when Stalin condemned Tito and the Yugoslav leadership in 1948 , the myth of a heroic Yugoslavia suddenly revived . The West did not care that Tito used Stalin's ...
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Dinaric Highlanders and Their Songs | 45 |
The Dilemmas of Modern Serbian | 69 |
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