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Our main stop today will be one of the most scenic and photographed places in Croatia – Plitvice Lakes (pronounced plit-vee-chuh) – and will almost certainly be one occasion when you, as readers, might celebrate the loss of my camera …

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Tito’s Legacy. Although Tito did much good for Yugoslavia and was, in many ways, unique among communist leaders, we need to keep in mind that he was also a study in contrasts. I previously described him as a strongman dealing …

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Despite the elections, it’s a bit of an understatement to say that the nascent Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia was far from being a stable country let alone some sort of federal democratic republic. Maybe not quite Fifty Ways but …