TY - GEN T1 - Confronting the Yugoslav controversies : a scholars' initiative T2 - Central European studies. A2 - Ingrao, Charles W. A2 - Emmert, Thomas Allan, 1945- LA - English PP - Washington, D.C. : West Lafayette, Ind. PB - United States Institute of Peace Press ; Purdue University Press YR - 2013 ED - 2nd ed. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn827944925 AB - It has been two decades since Yugoslavia fell apart. The brutal conflicts that followed its dissolution are over, but the legacy of the tragedy continues to unsettle the region. Reconciliation is a long and difficult process that necessitates a willingness to work together openly and objectively in confronting the past. Over the past ten years the Scholars? Initiative has assembled an international consortium of historians, social scientists, and jurists to examine the salient controversies that still divide the peoples of former Yugoslavia. The findings of its eleven research teams represent a direct assault on the proprietary narratives and interpretations that nationalist politicians and media have impressed on mass culture in each of the successor states. Given gaps in the historical record and the existence of sometimes contradictory evidence, this volume does not pretend to resolve all of the outstanding issues. Nevertheless, this second edition incorporates new evidence and major developments that have taken place in the region since the first edition went to press. At the heart of this project has always been the insistence of the authors that they would continue to reconsider their analyses and conclusions based on credible new evidence. Thus, in this second edition, the work of the Scholars' Initiative continues. The broadly conceived synthesis will assist scholars, public officials, and the people they represent both in acknowledging inconvenient facts and in discrediting widely held myths that inform popular attitudes and the electoral success of nationalist politicians who profit from them. Rather than rely on special pleading and appeals to patriotism that have no place in scholarship, the volume vests its credibility in the scientific credentials of its investigators, the transparent impartiality of its methodology, and an absolute commitment to soliciting and examining evidence presented by all sides. OP - 479 CN - DR1316 .C66 2013eb SN - 9781612492285 SN - 1612492282 SN - 9781612492278 SN - 1612492274 SN - 9781557536174 SN - 1557536171 KW - Yugoslavia : History : 1992-2003. KW - Former Yugoslav republics : History. KW - Yugoslavia : Ethnic relations : History : 20th century. KW - Former Yugoslav republics : Ethnic relations : History : 20th century. KW - Ethnic conflict : Yugoslavia : History : 20th century. KW - Ethnic conflict : Former Yugoslav republics : History : 20th century. KW - Yugoslav War, 1991-1995. KW - Kosovo War, 1998-1999. KW - Kosovo (Republic) : History : 1980-2008. KW - Yougoslavie : Histoire : 1992-2003. KW - Yougoslavie : Relations interethniques : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Conflits ethniques : Yougoslavie : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Conflits ethniques : Ex-Yougoslavie : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Guerre dans l'ex-Yougoslavie, 1991-1995. KW - Kosovo : Histoire : 1980-2008. KW - Ex-Yougoslavie : Histoire. KW - Ex-Yougoslavie : Relations interethniques : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Guerre du Kosovo, 1998-1999. KW - HISTORY : Europe : General. KW - HISTORY : Europe : Former Soviet Republics. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Political Ideologies : Nationalism & Patriotism. KW - Ethnic conflict KW - Ethnic relations KW - Kosovo (Republic) KW - Serbia KW - Yugoslavia KW - 1900-2008 KW - Electronic books. KW - History ER -