To read the entire commentary, please go to:
<http://www.amazon.com/review/R39B2PAYMEI33A/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1 557535337&nodeID=283155#wasThisHelpful> http://www.amazon.com/review/R39B2PAYMEI33A/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=15 57535337&nodeID=283155#wasThisHelpful Please go to the link to read the five comments by Daniel Pyevich, Stella Jatras and William Dorich that follow the commentary. 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 starsAn Excellent and Unbiased Reference, December 3, 2009 Confronting The Yugoslav Controversies (Central European Studies) (Paperback) By <http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1HALS6P2AZANY/ref=cm_cr_rdp_pdp> Peter Staric, PhD "Peter Staric, PhD (real name)" Amazon Verified Purchase( <http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-help/amazon-verified-purchase> What's this?) Since the book is mainly describing the events, starting with the disintegration of Yugoslavia, let me - as an 85 years old insider of the former Yugoslav Republic of Slovenia - describe and emphasize the original reason why this »State of South Slavs« has fallen apart. The seeds for disintegration were planted right after WWI. The new common State established on October 29, 1918, in which Slovenes, Croats and (those) Serbs, who were previously under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, were too weak to resist the Italian pressure. So the Kingdom of Serbia seemed the natural ally to join. Thus, according to the common will, on December 1, 1918, the Serbian Prince (later the King) Alexander had declared in Belgrade the »Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes« (Kingdom SHS and later renamed Yugoslavia).
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