Thinking about Yugoslavia：Scholarly Debates about the Yugoslav Breakup and the Wars in Bosnia and Kosovo

TheYugoslavbreakupandconflicthavegivenrisetoaconsiderableliteratureofferingdramaticallydifferentinterpretationsofwhathappened.Butjusthowdothevariousinterpretationsrelatetoeachother?ThisambitiousnewbookbySabrinaRamet,aneminentcommentatoronrecentBalkanpoliticsandhistory,reviewsandanalysesmorethan130booksaboutthetroubledregionandcomparestheiraccounts,theories,andinterpretationsofevents.Rametsurveysthemajordebateswhichdividethefield,alternativeaccountsofthecausesofYugoslavia'sviolentcollapse,andthescholarlydebatesconcerninghumanitarianintervention.Rivalaccountsarepresentedsidebysideforeasycomparison.ThinkingaboutYugoslaviaexaminesbooksonSlovenia,Croatia,Serbia,Bosnia-Herzegovina,Macedonia,Montenegro,andKosovowhichwerepublishedinEnglish,German,Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian,andItalian,thusofferingtheEnglish-speakingreaderauniqueinsightintothecontroversies.