I got asked the question of "Why did Yugoslavia break up ?" a couple of weeks ago and off the top of my head couldn't think of many better reasons than the inevitable catch-all - the collapse of "communism".
But does anybody know a bit about it ?
Anyway, after become more curious and doing some research it seemed to me that the main reason was an increasing feeling of Serbian nationalism which was fueled by Milosevic aimed at what he saw as the Croat-Slovene (mis)management of the Yugoslav republic. As a result the Croats/Slovenes/Macedonians/Muslims all collectively balked and wanted out. Then Slobodan sent his armies to try and force the republics to stay as Yugoslavia, but that didn't work (with Croatia and Slovenia) and in the case of Bosnia descended into a bloody war with many attrocities. While in the wake of international outrage Milosevic finally conceded the conflict before starting the same in Kosovo.
I mean would the above be a fair statement ? Or was there something more to the breakup of Yugoslavia than ethnic tensions ?
If anybody knows more, please post. Otherwise thanks for reading
