The Demise of Yugoslavia: A Political Memoir - Hardcover

by Stipe Mesic (Author)

A political memoir by Stipe Mesic, the last president of the former Yugoslav Federation, and key witness to the chain of events that would send the Balkan empire toppling, aided by notable figures like Slobodan Milosevic.

Author Biography

Stipe Mesic was the President of the Republic of Croatia. He has been a leading politician since the 1980s. He was the last president of Croatia as one of the Yugoslav republics, and in this capacity served as member, later chairman of the federal Presidium of Yugoslavia in 1990-1991. After years of relative political passivity, Mesic was elected independent Croatia's second president in 2000, following the death of former President Franjo Tuđman.