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This Central Intelligence Agency conference report, numbered RTT 95-10039 and dated October 1995, presents the proceedings of a conference held 30 September to 1 October 1993. The CIA's Geographic Resources Division sponsored the conference. In it, academic geographers, anthropologists and US Government officials examined ethnic conflict by region, covering Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and South Asia. The report also discusses what these conflicts mean for US policy. It does not deal with UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.
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. Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C00123268 References Banac, lvo. The National Question in Yugoslavia: Ori- gins, History, Politics. Ithaca,_NY: Cornell University Press, 1984. A good account of the various national issues in Yugoslavia. Especially valuable is the analy- sis of the issues in terms of how and why they came about and the political ramifications thereof. Cvijic, Jovan. “The Geographical Distribution of the Balkan Peoples.” Geographical Review. Vol. 5., May 1918; pp. 345-361. Important work as it was used to establish boundaries in the Balkans after World War II. It is pro-Serbian and defines Macedonia as South Serbian. An excellent example of the use of propa- ganda (often using real historical issues) to justify a given nationalist position. Davies, Nonnan. God's Playground: A History of Poland. Two vols. New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. One of the best accounts of the issues of Polish nationalism and history. Frequently referenced. Deak, Francis. Hungary at the Paris Peace Confer- ence: The Diplomatic History of the Treaty of Trianon. New York: Columbia University Press, 1942. Excel- lent work on the Paris Peace Conference. Dragnich, Alex N. Serbs and Croats: the Struggle in Yugoslavia. New York. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1992; Emmert, Thomas A. Serbian Golgotha Kosovo, I389. New York: East European Monographs, 1990; and Morison, W. A. The Revolt of the Serbs Against the Turks (1804-I813): Translations from the Serbian National Ballads of the Period. Cambridge: Cam- bridge University Press, 1942. These three books are good sources on the use of Serbian nationalist stories as a means to achieve a nationalist end. All represent a Serbian nationalist position. Are useful to understand the mentality and dimension o'f Serbian nationalism. Deletant, Dennis and Hanak, Harry, eds. Historians as Nation-Builders: Central and Southeast Europe. Lon- don: Macmillan Press, 1988. One of the best works on Central Europe and the Balkans. It is especially good in its discussions of how intellectuals, and particularly historians, play a role in the rise of nationalism. Erdei, Ferenc, ed. Information Hungary. New York: Pergamon Press, 1968. Good on the Hungarian posi- tion. It is not ultranationalistic while it presents the Hungarian view. Hobsbawn, E.J. “Ethnicity and Nationalism in Europe Today.” Anthropology Today. Vol. 8, No. 1, 1992. pp. 3-13. An excellent source on issues of ethnicity and nationalism in contemporary Europe, including East- ern Europe. Horne, Donald. The Great Museum: The Re-Presenta- tion of History. London: Pluto Press, 1984. Good source on the use of folktales, incidents, and heroes as historical figures and issues in nationalism. Jelavich, Charles and Barbara. The Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1804-I920. A History of East Central Europe. Eds., Peter Sugar and Donald Treadgold. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Vol. 8, 1977. Presents a fairly unbiased history of the Balkan region. One of the best texts on the subject. Konnyu, Leslie. A Condensed Geography of Hungary. St. Louis: The American Hungarian Review, 1971. An excellent source as representative of ultra-Hungarian nationalist views. Mellor, Roy E.H. Eastern Europe: A Geography of Comecon Countries. New York: Columbia University Press, 1975. Good as a general geography text but not very detailed and poor on issues of nationalism and boundary disputes. Very encyclopedic. Okey, Robin. Eastern Europe 1 740-1985: Feudalism to Communism London: Hutchinson, 1986. One of the best books on the subject of the historic evolution of the states of the region. Also provides excellent and unbiased treatment of nationality issues. 37 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C00123268
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 205 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.