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KONSTANTIN FOTIĆ - DIPLOMATA OD KARIJERE
KONSTANTIN FOTIĆ, CAREER DIPLOMAT

Author(s): Nataša Milićević
Subject(s): Diplomatic history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: diplomacy; Konstantin Fotić; interwar period; Yugoslavia; foreign policy;

Summary/Abstract: Konstantin Fotić, one of the most notable Yugoslav diplomats in between the two world wars represented his country in the League of Nations and in Washington from 1935 until 1941. America’s effect on Yugoslav foreign policy grew in direct proportion to its increasing importance in international relations. The first part of the work deals with the entire career of K. Fotić up to the year 1941. In the second part a description is given of the way in which the Yugoslav diplomatic service was organized in the US and in the third, the reports sent back by Fotić during his term in office are analyzed. The reports show his assessment of American home and foreign policy, the life of Yugoslav immigrants int he US and their attitude towards their homeland, the approach of the US to Yugoslavia’s internal problems, with particular emphasis on the Serbo-Croat issue and the preparations for war.

  • Issue Year: 1998
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 143-162
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Serbian
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