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Laos: Beyond The Revolution, Joel Halpern
Introduction Of "War Among The Yugoslavs" (Special Issue), Joel Halpern
Introduction Of "War Among The Yugoslavs" (Special Issue), Joel Halpern
Joel M. Halpern
This issue presents American and West European anthropological perspectives on recent events prior to the outbreak of war in former Yugoslavia. Included are articles by anthropologists from Croatia and Serbia which deal directly with the war and its impact on their respective societies. The first group of essays should be understood as background to armed struggle involving violent death, destruction, and bereavement and those tragedies still in the making. The horrors associated with these events in this Balkan setting are unparalleled in Europe since World War Two. They do not have precise parallels elsewhere but bring to mind the sufferings …