Croatian society went through a lot of changes to get to where it is today. I will start with a brief history, and then I will explain some of the customary traditions and expressions of Croatian society. Croatia became a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes against the will of its peo...

Fabric of the Balkan War: Religious Conflict In America's diverse culture, the notion of a civil war charged with religious conflict is hard to grasp. But religious identity is present constantly in the antagonisms that have fragmented the Balkans for centuries -- setting neighbor against nei...

UN Vs. NATO The United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are two different groups, but they affect the world in the same way. They both want to make a difference in today's world, they strive for peace and prosperity, and they work hard to accomplish their goals. The UN and NA...

"Yugoslavia does not exist without Kosovo! Yugoslavia would disintegrate without Kosovo! Yugoslavia and Serbia are not going to give up Kosovo!" ("The Economist", 9/7/96, pg. 48). Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic spoke these words. His people share this view, because ther...

Nationalism has played an important role throughout world history. The quotations below express various views about nationalism. Count Camillo di Cavour expressed the view that Italy should be free of foreign rule and that the Italian states should unite to form a single nation for the peninsula...

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind"- Albert Einstein. Over the course of humanity's march from the east into the west, the Balkan Peninsula has been a crossroads of political, cultural, and artistic developments. The Balkans, much like the other regions of Europe...