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Watch on the D rina: Genocide, War and Nationalist Ideology
Author(s) -
Carmichael Cathie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1468-229X
pISSN - 0018-2648
DOI - 10.1111/1468-229x.12025
Subject(s) - genocide , ideology , nationalism , mythology , spanish civil war , political science , history , geography , law , classics , politics
The D rina is a long winding river in the western B alkans, with many prosperous old towns on its banks. It had a central place in the mythologies of both C roatian and S erbian nationalists in the twentieth century. The idea that the river and its environs were unambiguously part of one national territory has led to the violent exclusion of other nationalities. This article looks at the D rina valley with a particular focus on the 1940s and 1990s.