Unholy Alliance Eastern European Studies Stjepan Mest=rovic;, Series Editor Series Editorial Board Norman Cigar Bronislaw Misztal Sabrina Ramet Vladimir Shlapentokh Keith Tester Unholy Alliance + : GREECE AND MILOSEVIC’S SERBIA Takis Michas Foreword by Michalis Papakonstantinou Texas A&M University Press • College Station Copyright © by Takis Michas Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, .-. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. For a complete list of books in print in this series, see the back of the book. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Michas, Takis, – Unholy alliance : Greece and Milose= vic;’s Serbia / Takis Michas. p. cm. – (Eastern european studies ; number fifteen) Includes bibliographical references and index. --- . Greece—Relations—Yugoslavia—Serbia. . Serbia— Relations—Greece. . Nationalism—Greece. I. Title. II. Eastern European studies (College Station, Tex.) ; no. . . .''—dc To my colleagues Richardo Someriti and Leonidas Chatziprodromidis for their courage and persistence “When I hear so many Greeks— journalists, academics, politicians, intellectuals— expressing their admiration for Karadzi=c;; , what can I say? How can they consider as a hero a criminal, somebody who bombed hospitals, who placed snipers to kill kids on the streets?” —Zoran Mutic;, September, Contents Illustrations Foreword by Michalis Papakonstantinou Series Editor’s Introduction by Stjepan Mest=rovic; Acknowledgments Introduction: The Setting Bosnia . “United Like a Fist!” . Plans for Macedonia . The Blame Game . The Spirit of Enterprise Kosovo . Hating the “Franks” . A Very Special Relationship Ideology and Institutions . The Radicalization of the Orthodox Church . The Logic of Ethnic Nationalism . The New Anti-Americanism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Illustrations . “They raised the Greek flag in Srebrenica” . Radovan Karadzi=c; awarding the medal of the “White Eagle” to Greek paramilitaries . Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzi=c; with Greek prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis . Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadzi=c; with Greek PASOK leader Andreas Papandreou . Radovan Karadzi=c; embraces a member of a Greek folk-dancing group . “We have with us God and the Greeks” . Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzi=c; with Archbishop Serapheim . Greek prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis with Serbian presi- dent Slobodan Milos=evic; . Serbia’s President Slobodan Milose= vic; with PASOK leader Andreas Papandreou . School children in Athens demonstrate against the NATO attack on Serbia . Demonstration in Athens against NATO’s air campaign . Greek priest leads a demonstration in Athens . Rally organized in Athens by the Greek Church . Archbishop Christodoulos of the Greek Orthodox Church addresses a mass rally in Athens . Greek priest holds the country’s flag during a rally in Athens . Effigy of President Clinton burns in Athens . Rally in Athens to protest President Clinton’s visit to Greece
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