Balkans
The conflict in the Balkans is interesting because for years, reporters and politicians have touted it as being the result of ancient ethnic hatred but that isn’t the case. This class has taught me, if nothing else, that the people of this region lived together peacefully for centuries and any conflicts that have arose among people were based not on ethnic origin but other things like class, ruling party, and so on. In fact, any problems that have arose in the former Yugoslavia have more to do with the issues raised by nationalism that developed during World War II and not centuries of three different peoples living together.Additionally, I am going to pause every so often to show that at each of the three distinct points of the conflict, the international community and the United States had it within their power to stop the violence. The three distinct phases are Kosovo, secession, and Bosnia and at each point, the lack of action or overreaction of the international community failed to solve the problems that these institutions had within their power to resolve. The first phase of Yugoslavian disintegration can be attributed to the conditions of the people living in Kosovo, an autonomous province of Yugoslavia. In 1981, t
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Nam Bosnian, Yugoslavia JNA, League Communists, Albanians Kosovo, War II, Youth Organization, Slovenia Croatia, Kosovo Albanian, Albanian Muslims, Viet Nam, international community, croatia slovenia, human rights, white house, bush administration, united yugoslavia, serbs living, armed conflict, human rights violations, slovenia croatia, market economy, serbs living croatia, breakup soviet union, world war ii, slovenia bosnia macedonia,
Approximate Word count = 4514
Approximate Pages = 18 (250 words per page double spaced)
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