Definitions of genocide and ethnic cleansing -- The heritage of horrors -- Balkan Wars 1912-1913 : an unrecognized genocide -- Multiple genocides of World War II : Western Balkans -- Multiple genocides of World War II : Northeastern and Central Balkans -- Multiple genocides of World War II : Southeastern Balkans -- Retaliatory genocides against wartime enemies -- Ethnic cleansing during Yugoslavia's wars of disintegration in the 1990s -- War in Croatia -- War in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Protracted conflict and war in Kosovo -- International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia -- Onward into the twenty-first century : a postscript.
Summary
Details the history of the three major waves of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Balkan peninsula and Yugoslavia during the twentieth century.