НЕМАЧКА, АУСТРИЈА И РАЗБИЈАЊЕ ЈУГОСЛАВИЈЕ
GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND BREAKDOWN OF YUGOSLAVIA
Author(s): Slobodan VukovićSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Germany; Austria; revenge; breakdown; Yugoslavia; Serbia;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with one of the causes of dissolution/breakdown of Yugoslavia. The author first analyses writing of German and Austrian press, which has, at the very beginning of the crisis, taken a strong anti-Serb standing, as in 1914 and 1941. Author then analyses the reasons that led Austrian and German diplomacy and governments to actively forging the crisis and then breaking down a sovereign country. Those reasons could be summarized as follows: German and Austrian revenge for two wars lost in these territories; improvement of conditions for fulfillment of old German dream to advance toward Middle East; in order to become a world power, Germany “had to” to annul some of the consequences of the First and Second World War on the symbolic level and acquire a possibility to test its powers, and breaking down Yugoslavia, with help of its internal allies, Germany broke down its army without military engagement and removed an obstacle for advancement towards East.
Journal: Социолошки преглед
- Issue Year: 35/2001
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 213-234
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Serbian
