Serbs pp.i-xviii (2009) 4/11/09 12:14 Page i THE SERBS Tim Judah is the Balkans correspondent of The Economist. He has covered the region since 1990 and witnessed many of the recent key events described in this book. He was educated at the London School of Economics and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is the author of Kosovo: War and Revenge (2000), pub - lished by Yale University Press, Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know (2008), and a biography of the first black African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, Bikila: Ethiopia’s Barefoot Olympian (2008). He has written for many publications including the New York Review of Books, the London Times and the Observer and been a senior visiting research fellow at the European Institute of the London School of Economics. He lives in London with his wife and five children. Serbs pp.i-xviii (2009) 4/11/09 12:14 Page ii Serbs pp.i-xviii (2009) 4/11/09 12:14 Page iii THE SERBS History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia THIRD EDITION TIM JUDAH YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON Serbs pp.i-xviii (2009) 4/11/09 12:14 Page iv For Rosie Copyright © 1997, 2000, 2009 by Tim Judah First published in 1997 Second edition published in 2000 Third edition published in 2009 All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press) without written permission from the publishers. For information about this and other Yale University Press publications, please contact: www.yalebooks.com www.yalebooks.co.uk U.S. office: [email protected] Europe office: [email protected] Typeset by SX Composing DTP, Rayleigh, Essex Printed in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Judah, Tim, 1962- The Serbs : history, myth, and the destruction of Yugoslavia / Tim Judah. – 3rd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-300-15826-7 (cl : alk. paper) 1. Serbia–History. 2. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995–Serbia. I. Title. DR1965.J83 2009 949.703–dc22 2009039429 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.