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Monthly Archives: September 2016
It’s not Idaho, it’s Bosnia & Herzegovina – part 3
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The second siege of Mostar: June 1993 – April 1994 With plenty of help from the Croats, Mostar survived the JNA and the first siege but the Croatians had their own agenda. They wanted Bosnia and Herzegovina to be simultaneously …
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It’s not Idaho, it’s Bosnia & Herzegovina – part 2
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The first siege of Mostar: April 1992 – June 1992 During the wars of the early nineties, Mostar held the rather dubious distinction of being a besieged city on two different occasions by two different armies. Although none of the …
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It’s not Idaho, it’s Bosnia & Herzegovina
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You might think I got a bit carried away in the previous entries but making sense of B&H is akin to sweeping up all the tiny shards from the crystal wineglass you just dropped. Just when you think you’ve got …
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Triangle of Confusion and making the Mostar of a long bus ride – part 3
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Shaping Bosnia 1991-1995 Let’s recap some of what we know to prepare for the discussion of the 1991-1995 wars. After World War II, Tito controlled the republics with a strong personality (aided by a strong internal security force). With no …
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Triangle of Confusion and making the Mostar of a long bus ride – part 2
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In tracing the history behind the odd 20-kilometer wide strip of land that’s part of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) and two Croatian counties, I ended the previous post when the 1878 Treaty of Berlin gave Vienna control of all of …
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