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2 years ago in Conflict Studies By Sneha
What is the body of academic literature that examines the role and nature of Serbian paramilitary groups during the Yugoslav wars?
I'm moving beyond journalistic accounts to scholarly analyses. I need works that critically examine the formation, ideology, criminal activities, and relationship with state structures of groups like Arkan's Tigers or the Scorpions during the conflicts of the 1990s.
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By Simouni Answered 1 year ago
The literature is interdisciplinary, blending history, political science, and legal studies. Foundational scholarly works include "The Serbian War" by Mihailo Crnobrnja and chapters in "The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina" edited by Branka Magaš. For meticulous documentation, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) transcripts and judgments are primary sources, detailing command structures and crimes. I recommend the research of scholars like Jasna Dragovi?-Soso and Robert Thomas. These sources collectively analyze paramilitaries as instruments of state-led ethnic cleansing, exploring their recruitment, ideology, and the regime's plausible deniability.
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