IAH 221C Chapter 1: Summary
18 Aug 2020
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Chapter 1 Summary: Introduction to Yugoslavia
During the period of time between 1944 and 1948, Yugoslavia traveled a
unique path that contained many unique features. An overview follows as:
immediately upon the conclusion of World War II, the Serbian-Croatian
relationship faced hardships; the “internal boundaries” issue caused those in
minority to face great challenge; the complex state and church conflicts in post
war Yugoslavia caused clashes in many societal aspects; Yugoslavia and
Bulgaria found eventual peace; the relations between Tito and Stalin worsened.
The further expansion of these topics can show the complexity this short
period of time post-war imposed on Yugoslavia.
During the war there was little attention put towards the internal borders issue
simply because the PLF leaders “did not believe the issue would be of enormous
importance in the new Yugoslavia they were to create” (Crampton 21). This
made sense because the text continually describes immediate post-war
Yugoslavia to fundamentally be united. Initial issues arose in the demand that
Srem belong to Croatia; however, when only western extremities were given to
Croatia, war resumed (Crampton 22). This eventually led to worse possibly
case, when the constitution sought to see those living outside their native
homeland recognized as part of their original nation, even though it was the
arbitrarily drawn boundaries that forced this decision. The text states, “Those
members of the five nations living outside their own republic were to be treated
as part of their own nation; this ethnic rather than territorial definition therefore
made the Serbs living in Croatia part of the Serbian rather than the Croatian
nation” (Crampton 22). The conflict that could arise as a result of these
decisions to ethnically rule citizens instead territorially could be very dangerous
for those in minority; while it may be true that those now defined as living
outside their homeland can still be ethnically part of it, those few that indeed
fall under that definition face potential harm from the ethnicity that dominates
their new territory, not to mention the discrimination deployed against them.
Much of the hardships faced between Croatia and Serbia was due to the internal
boundaries’ crisis. Considering the extremities of the ethnic lines, the wars
Document Summary
During the period of time between 1944 and 1948, yugoslavia traveled a unique path that contained many unique features. Bulgaria found eventual peace; the relations between tito and stalin worsened. The further expansion of these topics can show the complexity this short period of time post-war imposed on yugoslavia. During the war there was little attention put towards the internal borders issue simply because the plf leaders did not believe the issue would be of enormous importance in the new yugoslavia they were to create (crampton 21). This made sense because the text continually describes immediate post-war. Srem belong to croatia; however, when only western extremities were given to. This eventually led to worse possibly case, when the constitution sought to see those living outside their native homeland recognized as part of their original nation, even though it was the arbitrarily drawn boundaries that forced this decision.
