„Inflaming the past“
Argus Books & Magazines, Beograd 2016. 225 pages
T he book „INFLAMING THE PAST“ is conceived as an intervention that will remove the spasm of passion with which we experience our own past.
As an expert in determining the credibility of intelligence materials (half-truths and incendiary untruths with which foreign intelligence services tried to frustrate our former diplomacy), the author tried to apply the same methodology to evaluate various versions of our national history.
„INFLAMING THE PAST“ is a literary attempt that discloses reasons why the truth is being styled and what are the political goals of those who manipulate the past.
The book is written in a witty, narrative style that makes it an interesting and accessible read. „INFLAMING THE PAST“ is an attempt to parry the intentions of newfangled "patriotic" journalism, that tries to mesmerize the general public.
Episcopos Nikolay Velimirović.
Youth reconstracting the country.
Goli Otok, the prison island.
Milošević speaks on Gazimestan.
THE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
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INTRODUCTION: Why do malicious people have better memory? |
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PART ONE: Does Central Balkans exist, or all Balkans is „Western Balkans? |
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CHAPTER ONE: The art of counting the dead. |
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CHAPTER TWO: What happens when people settle on a beaten elephant track? |
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CHAPTER THREE: Who is quarreling, Gods or people? |
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CHAPTER FOUR: Who wanted South Slavs to unite? |
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PART TWO: „Unification or death“! |
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CHAPTER FIVE: Who oposed South Slavs to unite? |
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CHAPTER SIX: Who was happy and who was unhappy between the two wars? |
85 | |
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CHAPTER SEVEN: What was better – war or pact? |
103 | |
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CHAPTER EIGHT: To be or not to be? (1943 – 1948) |
112 | |
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PART THREE: Which years were devoured by locusts and whi by the lambs? |
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CHAPTER NINE: The time of wandering. (1949 – 1956) |
139 | |
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CHAPTER TEN: The end of wandering. (1957 – 1966) |
149 | |
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CHAPTER ELEVEN: The years we forgave each other for our mistakes. (1967 – 1981) |
167 | |
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CHAPTER TWELVE: What happens when people’s brains turn to butter? (1982 – 1919) |
177 | |
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PART FOUR: Why did we become insatiable? |
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Internal political reasons for the beak-up of Yugoslavia. |
187 | |
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN: What happens when Gods misinterpret their duties? |
195 | |
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Did someone from outside contributed to the break-up, or was it all our doing? |
201 | |
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Why did we have to pay the highest price? |
208 | |
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CONCLUSION: “What should we do now? |
218 | |