The Death of Yugoslavia (broadcast as Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation in the US) is a BBC documentary series first broadcast in September and October 1995, and returning in June 1996. It is also the title of a BBC book by Allan Little and Laura Silber that accompanies the series. It chronicles the breakup of Yugoslavia, the subsequent wars and the signing of the final peace accords. It uses a combination of archived footage interspersed with interviews with most of the main players in the conflict, including Slobodan MiloÃ
¡eviÃÂ, Radovan KaradÃ
¾iÃÂ, Franjo TuÃÂman and Alija IzetbegoviÃÂ, as well as members of the international political community, who were active in the various peace initiatives.
The series was awarded a BAFTA Award in 1996 for Best Factual Series. It also won the 1995 Peabody Award and the 1997 Gold Baton at the Alfred I. duPontâÂÂColumbia University Awards. Interviews for the series have been used by ICTY in war crimes prosecutions.
All the papers relating to the documentary series, including the full transcripts of the interviews, are lodged at the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College, University of London.
Episodes
Edits
The series was later re-edited and released in three parts:
- "Enter MiloÃ
¡eviÃÂ"
- "The Croats Strike Back"
- "The Struggle for Bosnia"
In another edit, it was broadcast as a feature-length single documentary.
Interviewees
- Diego Arria (born 1938), former President of the United Nations Security Council
- Blagoje AdÃ
¾ià(1932âÂÂ2012), former Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia
- Milan AksentijeviÃÂ (born 1935), former General of JNA forces in Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia
- Milan Babià(1956âÂÂ2006), former President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina
- Igor BavÃÂar (born 1955), Slovenian politician
- Mate Boban (1940âÂÂ1997), former President of the Croat Republic of Herceg-Bosnia
- BogiÃÂ BogiÃÂeviÃÂ (born 1953), former Yugoslav representative for SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Dragoslav Bokan (born 1961), Serbian film director and writer
- Josip Boljkovac (1920âÂÂ2014), former Minister of Interior of Croatia
- Momir Bulatovià(1956âÂÂ2019), former President of SR Montenegro
- Lord Carrington (1919âÂÂ2018), UN envoy
- Warren Christopher (1925âÂÂ2011), United States Secretary of State
- Vitaly Churkin (1952âÂÂ2017), Russian diplomat
- Dobrica ÃÂosiÃÂ (1921-2014), Yugoslav and Serbian politician
- Mile DedakoviÃÂ (born 1951), Croatian Army colonel
- Slavko Degoricija, Croatian politician
- Gianni De Michelis (1940âÂÂ2019), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy
- Jovan Divjak (1937âÂÂ2021), Bosnian Serb general in the Bosnian Army
- Rasim Delià(1949âÂÂ2010), chief of staff of the Bosnian army
- Raif DizdareviÃÂ (born 1926), Bosnian politician
- Murat EfendiÃÂ, Bosnian politician
- Peter Galbraith (born 1950), US Ambassador to Croatia
- Ejup GaniÃÂ (born 1946), Bosnian politician
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927âÂÂ2016), former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany
- Mate GraniÃÂ (born 1947), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia
- Petar GraÃÂanin (1923âÂÂ2004), former Secretary of Interior of Yugoslavia
- Mustafa Hajrulahovià(1957âÂÂ1998), general in the Bosnian Army
- Sefer HaliloviÃÂ (born 1952), former commander of the Bosnian Army
- David Hannay (born 1935), British diplomat
- Christopher R. Hill (born 1952), American diplomat
- Richard Holbrooke (1941âÂÂ2010), Assistant Secretary US State Department
- Larry Hollingworth, head of UNHCR operations in Bosnia
- Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary of UK
- Alija IzetbegoviÃÂ, President of the Republic of Bosnia
- Janez JanÃ
¡a, Slovenian politician
- , Serbian writer
- Borisav JoviÃÂ, former President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
- Perica Juriàâ Croatian politician
- Radovan KaradÃ
¾iÃÂ, former President of Republika Srpska
- Donald Kerrick, Lieutenant General in US Army
- Nikola KoljeviÃÂ, Vice President of Republika Srpska
- Branko KostiÃÂ, former President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia
- MomÃÂilo KrajiÃ
¡nik, Speaker of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska
- Milan KuÃÂan, former President of Slovenia
- Milutin Kukanjac, former General of JNA forces in Bosnia
- Zlatko LagumdÃ
¾ija, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Anthony Lake, United States National Security Advisor
- Lewis MacKenzie, chief of staff of the United Nations peacekeeping force in former Yugoslavia
- Branko Mamula, former Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia
- Milan MartiÃÂ, former President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina
- Mirjana MarkoviÃÂ, wife of Slobodan MiloÃ
¡eviÃÂ
- Josè Maria Mendiluce, UN representative in Bosnia
- Stjepan MesiÃÂ, Croatian politician
- Slobodan MiloÃ
¡eviÃÂ, former FR Yugoslavia president
- DuÃ
¡an MiteviÃÂ, Serbian journalist
- Philippe Morillon, UNPROFOR general
- Naser OriÃÂ, commander of the Bosniak forces in Srebrenica
- David Owen, British diplomat
- Ã
½ivota PaniÃÂ, former Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia
- Rosemary Pauli, US delegate during Dayton negotiations
- Pavle â patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Ilijaz Pilav, Srebrenica survivor, town council member
- Biljana PlavÃ
¡iÃÂ, President of Republika Srpska
- Slobodan Praljak, Bosnian Croat general
- Armin Pohara, Bosnian actor
- Ivica RaÃÂan, Croatian politician
- , JNA general
- Charles Redman, American diplomat
- Jadranka, widow of Josip Reihl-Kir
- Malcolm Rifkind, UK Foreign Secretary
- Michael Rose, former Commander of UNPROFOR in Bosnia
- Zulfo SalihoviÃÂ, Bosnian politician
- Vojislav Ã
 eÃ
¡elj, Serbian politician and paramilitary leader
- Haris SilajdÃ
¾iÃÂ, Prime Minister of Bosnia
- Miroslav Ã
 oleviÃÂ, Serb nationalist leader in Kosovo
- Martin Ã
 pegelj, former Minister of Defence of Croatia
- Ivan StamboliÃÂ, former President of Serbia
- Shashi Tharoor, head of peacekeeping operations in former Yugoslavia
- Franjo TuÃÂman, President of Croatia
- Vasil Tupurkovski, former Member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Macedonia
- MiloÃ
¡ VasiÃÂ, Serbian journalist
- Aleksandar VasiljeviÃÂ, head of the Counterintelligence Service of Yugoslavia
- Alexander Vershbow, American diplomat
- Azem Vllasi, Kosovo Albanian politician
- Michael Williams, British diplomat
- Franci Zavrl, Slovenian journalist
- Warren Zimmermann, last US ambassador to SFR Yugoslavia
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