A Country Study: Yugoslavia (Former)

• Yugoslavia
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Country Profile
  • Country
  • Geography
  • Society
  • Economy
  • Transportation and Telecommunications
  • Government and Politics
  • National Security
• Introduction

• Chapter 1 - Historical Setting
  • Pre-Slav History
  • Histories of the Yugoslav People to World War I
    • The Slovenes
    • The Croats and Their Territories
    • The Serbs and Serbia, Vojvodina, and Montenegro
    • Bosnia and Hercegovina
    • Macedonia
  • The Balkan War, World War I, and the Formation of Yugoslavia (1912-1918)
    • The Balkan Wars and World War I
    • Formation of the South Slav State
    • The Kingdom of Yugoslavia
    • Political Life in the 1920s
    • Economic Life and Foreign Policy in the 1920s
    • The Royal Dictatorship
    • The Regency
    • The Sporazum, Tripartitate Pact, and Outbreak of World War II
  • Yugoslavia in World War II (1941-45)
    • Partition and Terror
    • The Resistance Movement
  • Postwar Yugoslavia
    • Communist Takeover and Consolidation
    • The Yugoslav-Soviet Rift
    • Introduction of Socialist Self-Management
    • Nonalignment and Yugoslav-Soviet Rapprochement
    • Reforms of the 1960s
    • Unrest in Croatia and Its Consequences in the 1970s
    • The 1974 Constitution

• Chapter 2 - The Society and Its Environment
  • Geography and Population
    • Topography
    • Drainage Systems
    • Climate
    • Pollution
    • Population
  • Yugoslavia's People
    • Ethnographic History
    • Ethnic Composition
    • Languages
    • The Yugoslav Nations
      • Serbs
      • Montenegrins
      • Croats
      • Slovenes
      • Muslim Slavs
      • Macedonians
      • Albanians
      • Gypsies
  • Social Groups
    • The Peasantry
    • The Workers
    • The Political Elite and Intellectuals
    • The Family
      • The Role of Women
      • Students and Youth
      • Pensioners
  • Urbanization and Housing
    • Housing
    • Urban Problems
    • Guest Workers
  • Religion
    • Demography and Distribution
    • Eastern Orthodoxy
    • Roman Catholicism
    • Islam
    • Other Faiths
  • Education
    • History of Yugoslav Education
    • Primary Schools
    • Secondary Education
    • Higher Education
  • Health Care and Social Welfare
    • Disease and Mortality
    • Development of the Health Care System
    • The Contemporary Health and Welfare Systems

• Chapter 3 - The Economy
  • Economic History
    • World War II and Recovery
    • Application of Stalinist Economics
    • The First Five-Year Plan
    • Launching Self-Management
    • The "Perspective" Five-Year Plan
    • Overhaul in the 1960s
    • The Economic Reform of 1965
    • Adjustments in the 1970s
  • The Economic Management Mechanism
    • Socialist Self-Management
    • Capital Ownership and the Market
    • Planning and Pricing
    • Trade Unions
    • Government Revenue and Spending
    • Banking
  • Structure of the Economy
    • Labor and Unemployment
    • Industry
      • Postwar Policy
      • Shipbuilding
      • Metallurgy
      • Automotive
      • Chemicals
      • The Industrial Structure in 1990
    • Agriculture
    • Energy and Mineral Resources
    • Transportation and Communications
  • Foreign Trade
    • Historical Background
    • Exports and Imports
    • Trading Partners
      • The Industrialized West
      • The Soviet Bloc
      • The Third World
    • Guest Workers and Tourism
    • Foreign Exchange
  • Managing the Crisis of the 1980's
    • Inflation and the Foreign Debt
    • Unemployment and Living Standards
    • Regional Disparities
  • The Reforms of 1990

• Chapter 4 - Government and Politics
  • Political Evolution After 1945
    • Breaking with the Soviet Union
    • The 1963 Constitution
    • Post-Rankovic Diversification
    • Political Innovation and the 1974 Constitution
    • The Early Post-Tito Years
    • Reform in the 1980s
    • The Leadership Crisis
  • Government Structure
    • Federal Assembly
    • Federal Executive Council
    • State Presidency
    • Court System
    • Local Government and the Communes
  • Nongovernmental Political Institutions
    • League of Communists of Yugoslavia
    • Socialist Alliance of Workers
    • Trade Unions
    • National Youth Federation
    • Veterans' Association
  • Regional Political Issues
    • Slovenia
    • Serbia
    • Kosovo
    • Vojvodina
    • Croatia
    • Montenegro
    • Bosnia and Hercegovina
    • Macedonia
  • Public and Political Decision Making
    • Djilas, Praxis, and Intellectual Repression
    • Intellectual Opposition Groups
    • The Media
    • Censorship
  • Foreign Policy
    • The Government Foreign Policy Mechanism
    • Nonalignment
    • The Soviet Union
    • The United States
    • European Neighbors
    • The Middle East and Western Europe
  • The Political Agenda for the 1990's

• Chapter 5 - National Security
  • Development of the Armed Forces
    • Early Development
    • World War II
    • Postwar Development
  • National Defense
    • Threat Perception
    • Military Doctrine
    • Strategy and Tactics
  • Defense Organization
    • Government Organization for Defense
    • The Military and the Party
    • Armed Services
      • Ground Forces
      • Air Force
      • Naval Forces
    • Territorial Defense Forces
  • Military Manpower
    • The Military and Society
    • Recruitment and Service Obligations
    • Military Training and Education
      • Officer Education
      • Reserve Training
    • Military Life
    • Ranks, Insignia, and Uniforms
  • Defense and the National Economy
    • Military Budget
    • Arms Procurement
      • Arms Imports
      • Domestic Arms Production
  • Foreign Military Relations
    • Warship Visits
    • Arms Sales
    • Military Exchanges
  • Internal Security
    • Dissidence
    • Courts, Detention, and Punishment
    • Internal Security Forces
    • Organization for Internal Security
    • The Military in Domestic Peacekeeping

• Bibliography
• Glossary