GB 0099 KCLMA Death of Yugoslavia - Death of Yugoslavia television documentary archive

33 boxes and A3 size folder (0. 33 cubic metres)

A number of the video cassettes of interviews have been retained by Brian Lapping Associates. Copies of the Survey of World Broadcasts Apr-Aug 1995, listed as deposited, have not been located.
GB 0099 KCLMA Death of Yugoslavia 1941, 1985-1996 Collection level 33 boxes and A3 size folder (0. 33 cubic metres) Brian Lapping Associates

The Death of Yugoslavia is a five part television documentary produced by Brian Lapping Associates, a London based television production company, for the BBC television and broadcast during Sep-Oct 1995. The Associate Producer of the documentary was Michael Simkin, Series Producer - Norma Percy, Producer/Director - Angus Macqueen and Paul Mitchell.

A number of the video cassettes of interviews have been retained by Brian Lapping Associates. Copies of the Survey of World Broadcasts Apr-Aug 1995, listed as deposited, have not been located.

Presented to the Centre by Norma Percy, Brian Lapping Associates, Nov 1995.

The Death of Yugoslavia archive, 1941,1985-1996, consists of interview transcripts, videotapes, transmission scripts, files, press cuttings and published material concerning the disintegration of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) during 1987-1994. It includes VHS videos of episodes 1-5 of the documentary Death of Yugoslavia, and transcripts of eighty-seven interviews, mostly uncut (though questions are sometimes omitted), with eyewitnesses the Republics of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (containing only the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro), who describe their experiences of the rise of nationalism, constitutional developments, civil war and ethnic conflict, and members of the international community, involved in the search for a solution.

Interviewees include government and military personnel from the highest levels of the SFRY, and officials of the European Community and the United Nations, such as Slobodan Milosevic, Chairman of Central Committee of the Serbian League of Communist, 1986-1989, President of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), 1990, President of Serbia, 1989-1992, President of Republic of Serbia, 1992-1997; Dr Mirjana Markovic, Belgrade university professor, Founder of Yugoslav United Left (JUL) and wife of Slobodan Milosevic; Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnian Muslim, founding leader of Party for Democratic Action (SDA), and President of Bosnia Herzegovina, 1990-1998; Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Serb leader, head of Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) from 1990 Milan Babic, leader of Krajina Serbs; Mile-Jastreb Dedakovic, Croatian commander of Vukovar; Gen Milutin Kukanjac, Commander Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA) Second Army District based in Sarajevo, 1992; Sefer Halilovic, First Commander of the Bosnian Army; Gen Petar Gracanin, Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA), Serbian President, 1988-1989, Yugoslav Federal Interior Minister [1990]; Borislav Jovic, Serbian representative to Yugoslavia and, President of the Yugoslav Federal Presidency, 1990-1991; Milan Kucan, Slovene Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, 1986-1990, and Slovene President from 1990; Dobrica Cosic, Serb nationalist writer, President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1992-1993; Azem Vllasi, ethnic Albanian Party leader in Kosovo; Ivan Stambolic, Serbian President 1985-1986; Franjo Tudjman, first elected President of Croatia, 1990-1999 and founder of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ); Gianni De Michelis, Italian Foreign Minister, 1989-1992; Maj Gen Lewis MacKenzie, Canadian United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) Chief of Staff, Sarajevo, 1992; Larry Hollingsworth, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Officer in Bosnia; Lt Gen Sir (Hugh) Michael Rose, British Commander of United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), Bosnia, 1994-1995; Sir David Hannay, British Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), 1990-1995; Hans Dietrich Genscher, German Foreign Minister 1982-1992; Peter Galbraith, US Ambassador to Croatia, 1993-1998; Rt Hon Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Lord Carrington); Chairman of the European Community conference on Yugoslavia, 1991-1992; and Rt Hon David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen of the City of Plymouth (Lord Owen), European Community (EC) mediator and co-chairman of the EC Conference on former Yugoslavia, 1992-1995.

The collection is arranged in sections as outlined above, with the interview transcripts and video cassettes arranged in alphabetical order by surname.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
Predominantly English, but including material in Serbo-Croat, Slovene, French and German.

Detailed catalogue available on-line and in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

Source: The Death of Yugoslavia by Laura Silber and Allan Little (Revised Edition, The Penguin Group and BBC Worldwide, London, 1996).Description compiled by Alison Field Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jan 2002 Babic , Milan , fl 1985-1996 , leader of the Krajina Serbs Belgrade Bosnia and Herzegovina Carrington , Peter Alexander Rupert , b 1919 , 6th Baron Carrington , British Foreign Secretary x Carrington , 6th Baron Civil war Collectivism Communism Cosic , Dobrica , b 1921 , Serb nationalist writer and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Croatia Dedakovic , Mile-Jastreb , fl 1985-1999 , Croatian commander of Vukovar De Michelis , Gianni , fl 1989-1992 , Italian politician x Michelis , Gianni , De Eastern Europe Genscher , Hans-Dietrich , b 1927 , German Foreign Minister Government Gracanin , Petar , b 1923 , President of Serbia Halilovic , Sefer , b 1952 , First Commander of the Bosnian Army Hannay , Sir , David Hugh Alexander , b 1935 , diplomat Internal politics International conflicts International relations Izetbegovic , Alija , b 1925 , President of Bosnia Herzegovina Jovic , Bosislav , fl 1990-1991 , President of the Yugoslav Federal Presidency Karadzic , Radovan , b 1945 , Bosnian Serb leader Kucan , Milan , b 1941 , President of the Republic of Slovenia Kukanjac , Milutin , fl 1992 , General, Yugoslav Peoples' Army Liberation movements MacKenzie , Lewis , fl 1960-2002 , Major General , Commander UN Protection Force, Sarajevo, 1992 Markovic , Mirjana , b 1942 , founder of Yugoslav United Left (JUL) and wife of Slobodan Milosevic Milosevic , Slobodan , b 1941 , President of Serbia Montenegro Newly independent states Owen , David Anthony Llewellyn , b 1938 , Baron Owen of the City of Plymouth , politician x Owen of the City of Plymouth , Baron Peace Peacekeeping Political conflicts Political crises Political doctrines Political leaders Political movements Political systems Rose , Sir , Hugh Michael , b 1940 , Knight , General Serbia Slovenia Stambolic , Ivan , 1936- ? 2000 , President of Serbia State security The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Tudjman , Franjo , b 1922 , President of Croatia UNHCR , United Nations High Commission for Refugees x United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNPROFOR , United Nations Protection Force x United Nations Protection Force Vllasi , Azem , b 1948 , ethnic Albanian Party leader in Kosovo War Yugoslavia

Presented to the Centre by Norma Percy, Brian Lapping Associates, Nov 1995.

The Death of Yugoslavia archive, 1941,1985-1996, consists of interview transcripts, videotapes, transmission scripts, files, press cuttings and published material concerning the disintegration of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) during 1987-1994. It includes VHS videos of episodes 1-5 of the documentary Death of Yugoslavia, and transcripts of eighty-seven interviews, mostly uncut (though questions are sometimes omitted), with eyewitnesses the Republics of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (containing only the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro), who describe their experiences of the rise of nationalism, constitutional developments, civil war and ethnic conflict, and members of the international community, involved in the search for a solution.

Interviewees include government and military personnel from the highest levels of the SFRY, and officials of the European Community and the United Nations, such as Slobodan Milosevic, Chairman of Central Committee of the Serbian League of Communist, 1986-1989, President of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), 1990, President of Serbia, 1989-1992, President of Republic of Serbia, 1992-1997; Dr Mirjana Markovic, Belgrade university professor, Founder of Yugoslav United Left (JUL) and wife of Slobodan Milosevic; Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnian Muslim, founding leader of Party for Democratic Action (SDA), and President of Bosnia Herzegovina, 1990-1998; Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Serb leader, head of Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) from 1990 Milan Babic, leader of Krajina Serbs; Mile-Jastreb Dedakovic, Croatian commander of Vukovar; Gen Milutin Kukanjac, Commander Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA) Second Army District based in Sarajevo, 1992; Sefer Halilovic, First Commander of the Bosnian Army; Gen Petar Gracanin, Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA), Serbian President, 1988-1989, Yugoslav Federal Interior Minister [1990]; Borislav Jovic, Serbian representative to Yugoslavia and, President of the Yugoslav Federal Presidency, 1990-1991; Milan Kucan, Slovene Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, 1986-1990, and Slovene President from 1990; Dobrica Cosic, Serb nationalist writer, President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1992-1993; Azem Vllasi, ethnic Albanian Party leader in Kosovo; Ivan Stambolic, Serbian President 1985-1986; Franjo Tudjman, first elected President of Croatia, 1990-1999 and founder of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ); Gianni De Michelis, Italian Foreign Minister, 1989-1992; Maj Gen Lewis MacKenzie, Canadian United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) Chief of Staff, Sarajevo, 1992; Larry Hollingsworth, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Officer in Bosnia; Lt Gen Sir (Hugh) Michael Rose, British Commander of United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), Bosnia, 1994-1995; Sir David Hannay, British Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), 1990-1995; Hans Dietrich Genscher, German Foreign Minister 1982-1992; Peter Galbraith, US Ambassador to Croatia, 1993-1998; Rt Hon Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Lord Carrington); Chairman of the European Community conference on Yugoslavia, 1991-1992; and Rt Hon David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen of the City of Plymouth (Lord Owen), European Community (EC) mediator and co-chairman of the EC Conference on former Yugoslavia, 1992-1995.

The collection is arranged in sections as outlined above, with the interview transcripts and video cassettes arranged in alphabetical order by surname.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

Predominantly English, but including material in Serbo-Croat, Slovene, French and German.

Detailed catalogue available on-line and in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English