An Anthropological point of view on the Bosnia war and its impact on its people in the last decade.

Bosnian war from

An Anthropological point of view

Assessing the impacts on its people over the last decade

Second World War to 1991

At the height of the Second World War , a raging campaign by opposing armed factions proclaiming allegiance to distinct ethnic groups further divided Yugoslavia . Aiming at both the rival groups and the Nazi occupiers , the armed conflict eventually took the lives of almost 1 million Yugoslavs as Croatian fascists , Serb Chetniks and Communist-led Partisans among others were the ones mostly held responsible for the mass killings . With

Allied support , the Partisans eventually claimed victory towards the end of the war that led to the one-party socialist scheme of the country 's political system under the leadership of Josip Broz ADDIN EN .CITE Dragnich1993885Alex N DragnichWorld War II and the Communist Rise to PowerSerbs and Croats : The Struggle in Yugoslavia101-112Repr int1993OrlandoHarvest /HBJ Book33 (Dragnich , 1993

Eventually , the nation turned into instability as remaining authorities sought to seize power and control ADDIN EN .CITE Ramet20059 95Sabrina

br RametThe Collapse of East European CommunismThinking about Yugoslavia : Scholarly Debates about the Yugoslav Breakup and the Wars in Bosnia and Kosovo35-502005New YorkCambridge University Press10 (Ramet , 2005 . The depletion of the remaining resources of the nation also contributed to the squabble in the administrative ranks as financial and natural reserves brought the power-enabled individuals into competition over the distribution of the resources among the republics ADDIN EN .CITE Hall1995665Brian HallToward KosovoThe Impossible Country : A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia235-281Repr int1995New YorkPenguin31 (Hall , 1995 . As the country halted to a standstill bringing the entire nation into political and economic degeneration , the end of Communism was imminent ADDIN EN .CITE Benson2006445Leslie BensonWar , Civil War and RevolutionYugoslavia : A Concise History73-92Rev Upd2006New YorkPalgrave65 (Benson , 2006 . With its consequent folding in the 1980s , Communism 's decline prompted the entire population to seek measures that will offer assurance of economic and political steadiness amidst the post-Cold War scenario ADDIN EN .CITE Sell2003335Louis SellThe Young Milosevic and the Yugoslavia He DestroyedSlobodan Milosevic and the Destruction of Yugoslavia11-38Rev Ed2003Duke University Press37 (Sell , 2003

Instead of promoting economic and political schemes that will place the country back to solid ground , Serb and Croat extremists advanced ethnic nationalism in the face of national crisis ADDIN EN .CITE Velikonja5Mitja VelikonjaOne God , Three Religions : Bosnia , Croatia , and Serbia in the Middle AgesReligious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina 21-541st2003Texas A M University Press63 (Velikonja , 2003 . Acquiring the sentiment of the Serbs by pandering to their ethnic concerns , Slobodan Milosevic eventually rose to power and took control of both the mass media and party apparatus Nevertheless , Milosevic 's real motive hidden behind his agenda of addressing Serb national sentiment was to maintain his strong political and administrative functions and influence over the country

Initiating campaigns against the Albanian Kosovars , Milosevic turned towards repressing the autonomy of Kosovo thus making a hero-image in him among the Serb nationalists ADDIN EN .CITE Privitera5Francesco PriviteraJeffrey S MortonStefano BianchiniCraig NationPaul Forage The Relationship Between the Dismemberment of Yugoslavia...