ELITE No 138 THE YUGOSLAV WARS (1)

The break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s was the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II, costing thousands of lives. Nigel Thomas and Krunoslav Mikulan provide the first detailed account of the struggle that focuses on the numerous combatant armies. Including extensive research through official documents and local sources, they examine the political background and the military campaigns, supplementing their text with detailed maps, orders of battles, rank insignia plates and colour photographs and illustrations. This book, the first in a two-part series, is the only concise, authoritative and illustrated guide to the regular and militia forces of the campaigns in the former Yugoslavia. Contents: Military and political situation in Yugoslavia, 1990 * Yugoslav National Army and Serb militias, 1991-1992 * YNA becomes Serbian-Montenegran army, 1994 * Slovenian independence war, and Slovene armed forces, 1991 * Slovene armed forces since independence * Croatian independence war, and Croatian armed forces and militias, 1991-1992 * Role of Serbian militias * Krajina Serbs declare independence * Croatian situation 1992-1995 * Deployment of UNPROFOR and IFOR in Croatia * Croatian armed forces retake Krajina, 1995.