Milosevic
Authors: Adam LeBor
A Biography
Adam LeBor
In Loving Memory
Maurice LeBor
1924â2001
âI urge you to read Adam LeBor's excellent new biography of Slobodan Milosevic. I fancied that I already knew a great deal of the story but LeBor has combined journalistic flair with a historian's grasp of detail to bring us a haunting portrait of the man the West said it âcould do business with' . . . For those who witnessed the destruction of the former Yugoslavia this will be a sad book. For those who stood by and did nothing it is a book that should make them wince. I recommend it to both but also to a wider public who should know about the policies pursued in their name' Fergal Keane,
Mail on Sunday
âIt charts a cogent path through the interminable complexities of Balkan politics, and the sense of victimhood on which Milosevic's rise to power was based'
Evening Standard
âAn engaging account of the Milosevic years and the misjudgements that caused ethnic cleansing, official corruption and a collapse into war and penury'
Financial Times
âThe most engrossing biography so far of a man as complex and shifting as the regions he tore apart. This vigorous book takes Milosevic himself as its focal point: LeBor is able to point to a remarkable black hole at the centre of modern Balkan history â Milosevic's complete lack of moral scruple which infected almost all those closest to him'
The Times
âLeBor charts with dexterity and black humour the rise, and eventual fall, of this provincial Communist functionary . . . LeBor is right to link Milosevic's politics with his domestic life, and peek behind the closely-guarded doors leading into Slobo and Mira's kitchen. For it is there, it appears, that the destinies of millions were decided'
Independent
A miracle alone can save the Balkans from war, and I firmly avow the belief that the days of miracles are over, even at the risk of proving myself a false prophet. The Near East is nothing but a vast field of conjectures, and so it is difficult to know where to begin.
Reginald Wyon, British foreign correspondent
The Balkans from Within
(1904)
1.
Childhood
Growing Up in Brotherhood and Unity: 1941â58
2.
Meeting Mira
Teenage Sweethearts: 1958â62
3.
Building In
First Steps up the Party Ladder: 1962â77
4.
The Capitalist Years
Slobodan in America: 1978â82
5.
Capturing Belgrade
Using the Network: 1982â4
6.
All the President's Men
Wooing Two Constitutencies: 1985â6
7.
Epiphany
Unleashing Nationalism: 1986âApril 1987
8.
Et Tu
,
Slobodan
Ousting Stambolic: AugustâSeptember 1987
9.
There Are No Friends Anymore
The Reform Commission and the Yoghurt Revolution: 1988
10.
Coronation in Kosovo
1989 and All That
11.
War No. 1, Slovenia
Small War in Slovenia, Not Many Dead: 1989â91
12.
War No. 2, Croatia
A Joint Criminal Enterprise: 1990â2
13.
Street Protests
Ten Days That Shook Belgrade: March 1991
14.
What a Carve Up
Preparing for War No. 3, Bosnia: 1991â2
15.
War No. 3, Bosnia
The Bosnian Serb Republic: 1993
16.
Milan Panic
The Two Republics of Federal Yugoslavia: 1992â3
17.
Meanwhile
,
on the Home Front
Hijacking the Yugoslav Economy: 1992â3
18.
Weathering Operation Storm
NATO Bombs the Bosnian Serbs: 1994â5
19.
America to the Rescue
Sarajevo Relieved, Eventually: Summer 1995
20.
The Only Man Who Matters
Dayton: November 1995
21.
Enter Mira
,
Stage Left
Setting up JUL: 1995â7
22.
War No. 4
,
Kosovo â Part 1
Finishing Unfinished Business: 1998
23.
War No. 4
,
Kosovo â Part 2
NATO Bombs the Serbs: 1999
24.
Toppling Milosevic from Budapest
One Day that Shook the World: 5 October 2000
25.
Slobodan at The Hague
âIt's Your Problem': 2001â2
Appendix 1: Milosevic and Tudjman Court Yugoslavia's Jews
Appendix 2: Terms of Surrender
Antic, Dragan Hadzi | Former chief of |
Arkan | Paramilitary leader, indicted for war crimes |
Austin, David | British diplomat, negotiated with Slobodan Milosevic in mid-1990s |
Avramovic, Dragoslav | Former governor of Yugoslav national bank. Stabilised economy in 1994 |
Babic, Milan | Political leader of Krajina Serbs during early 1990s |
Bassiouni, Professor Cherif | UN Special Rapporteur on Bosnia. Author of standard work on ethnic cleansing in Bosnia |
Berisavljevic, Zivan | Former Yugoslav ambassador to London |
Bildt, Carl | European diplomat representing the EU in negotiations with Milosevic. Worked with David Austin |
Boban, Mate | Leader of Bosnian Croats in early 1990s |
Bogdanovic, Radmilo | Serbian interior minister under Milosevic |
Bulatovic, Momir | President of Montenegro 1990â8 |
Carrington, Lord | Host of the 1991 peace conference at The Hague, under EU auspices |
Christopher, Warren | US Secretary of State under Clinton |
Clarke, General Wesley | NATO Supreme Commander during 1999 bombing of Serbia |
Cosic, Dobrica | Serbian nationalist writer, seen as nation's intellectual godfather |
Covic, Nebojsa | Former mayor of Belgrade in mid-1990s, Serbian deputy prime minister in post-Milosevic government |
Crnobrnja, Mihailo | Former economic adviser to Milosevic, until 1989 |
Curuvija, Slavko | Murdered opposition journalist |
Dedakovic, Milan | Leader of defence of Vukovar |
Djilas, Milovan | Yugoslavia's most famous dissident in the Tito era |
Dizdarevic, Raif | Former president of Federal Yugoslavia |
Djindjic, Zoran | President of Serbia after Milosevic era. Assassinated in March 2003 |
Djokic, Ljubislav | Bulldozer driver during 5 October 2000 |
Djukic, Slavoljub | Serbian biographer of Milosevic |
Doko, Jerko | Former Bosnian defence minister |
Draskovic, Danica | Wife of below |
Draskovic, Vuk | Opposition leader in Milosevic era |
Eagleburger, Lawrence | Former US ambassador to Belgrade |
Gajic, Milica | Wife of Marko Milosevic |
Gajic-Glisic, Dobrila | Former secretary of Serb defence minister General Tomislav Simovic |
Galic, Stanislav | Bosnian Serb General, commander of soldiers shelling Sarajevo. On trial at ICTY for war crimes |
Ganic, Ejup | Muslim Bosnian politician |
Garasanin, Ilija | Nineteenth-century Serb nationalist theoretician |
Gotovina, Ante | General in Croatian army, commander of Operation Storm in summer 1995 when Serbs fled from Krajina |
Grubacic, Braca | Belgrade publisher of |
Gracanin, Petar | President of Serbia 1988-9 |
Grizelj, Jug | Former leader of Yugoslav journalists' association |
Hadzic, Goran | Serb leader in Vukovar area in 1991 |
Hasanovic, Tahir | Vice president of the New Democracy Party, former boyfriend of Marija Milosevic |
Holbrooke, Richard | US Special envoy to the Balkans. Regarded as author of Dayton peace agreement |
Hurd, Lord | Former British foreign secretary |
Ilic, Vladimir | Mayor of southern Serbian city of Cacak. A leader of the 5 October uprising |
Izetbegovic, Alija | Former president of Bosnia during war of independence |
Jansa, Janez | Minister of defence in Slovene independence war in summer 1991 |
Jezda, Gazda | Full name Jezdimir Vasiljevic. Head of Jugoskandik pyramid scheme |
Jashari, Adem | KLA leader killed by Serb forces in March 1998 |
Jovic, Borisav | Former high-ranking Serb politician and close associate of Milosevic |
Kadijevic, Veljko | Federal minister of defence 1988-92 |
Kapetanovic, Muhamed | Bosnian youth, injured by shelling in Sarajevo |
Karadjordjevic, Prince Aleksandar | Yugoslav ruler before WWII |
Karadzic, Radovan | Bosnian Serb leader, indicted for war crimes |
Karic, Boguljub | Banker, businessman and former minister in Milosevic government |
Kertes, Mihalj | Head of customs under Milosevic |
Kontic, Radoje | Yugoslav prime minister in mid-1990s under Milosevic |
Kostunica, Vojislav | President of Yugoslavia |
Kovacevic, Vlada | Aka âTref'. Belgrade businessman, partner of Marko Milosevic |
Kovacevic, Zivorad | Former mayor of Belgrade and Yugoslav ambassador to the United States |
Krajisnik, Momcilo | Bosnian Serb leader. In custody at ICTY, charged with war crimes and genocide |
Krunic, Bosko | Communist Party official in Novi Sad in 1988 |
Kucan, Milan | President of Slovenia |
Lilic, Zoran | Former president of Yugoslavia in mid 1990s |
Lukovic, Milorad (Legija) | Former commander of Special Operations Unit. Wanted at time of writing (April 2003) by Serbian authorities in connection with murder of Zoran Djindjic |
Mandic, Klara | Head of Serbian-Jewish Friendship Society |
Markovic, Ante | Yugoslav prime minister in early 1990s |
Markovic, Draza | Former partisan and politician. Uncle of Mira Markovic |
Markovic, Ljubica | Daughter of Momcilo Markovic (i.e. half-sister of Mira) |
Markovic, Mira (Mirjana) | Wife of Slobodan Milosevic |
Markovic, Momcilo (Moma) | Father of Mira. Serbian politican, brother of Draza |
Markovic, Rade | Head of Serbian intelligence service late 1998 to end 2000 |
Markovic, Mihailo | Serbian nationalist ideologue, later joined the Socialist Party |
Matic, Slavoljub | Mayor of Pozarevac after fall of Milosevic |
Milan, Martic | Leader of Krajina rebel Serbs. Surrendered to ICTY in spring 2002 |
Mesic, Stipe | President of Croatia |
Milanovic, Dafina | Former head of Dafiment pyramid scheme |
Milanovic, Zoran | Former bartender at âMadona' disco, owned by Marko Milosevic (son of Slobodan) |
Miletic, Vera | Mother of Mira Markovic |
Milosevic, Borislav | Brother of Slobodan |
Milosevic, Darinka | Sister of Svetozar Milosevic, father of Milosevic |
Milosevic, Marija | Daughter of Slobodan |
Milosevic, Marko | Son of Slobodan |
Milosevic, Simeun | Grandfather of Slobodan |
Milosevic, Stanislava | Mother of Slobodan Milosevic |
Milosevic, Svetozar | Father of Slobodan Milosevic |
Minovic, Zivorad | Former editor of |
Milutinovic, Milan | Former president of Serbia. Surrendered to ICTY in January 2003 |
Mitevic, Dusan | Former head of Belgrade Television |
Mladic, Ratko | Former head of Bosnian Serb army. Indicted for war crimes |
Montgomery, William | US diplomat in Belgrade in 1970s. Ran the Office for Yugoslav Affairs in Budapest in summer 2000 |
Nagy, Imre | Leader of Hungarian revolution in 1956 |
Naumann, General Klaus | NATO General who negotiated with Milosevic in October 1998 and early 1999 |
Nenadovic, Aleksandar | Former editor of |
Neville-Jones, Pauline | Former senior British diplomat, worked with Douglas Hurd for NatWest Markets |
Ojdanic, Dragoljub | Former Yugoslav army chief of staff. Surrendered to the ICTY in 2002 |
Oric, Naser | Former bodyguard of Milosevic. Leader of Srebrenica Muslim fighters |
Owen, Lord | European Union envoy to former Yugoslavia |
Plavsic, Biljana | Former Bosnian Serb president. Sentenced at the ICTY in February 2003 to eleven years in prison for crimes against humanity |
Panic, Milan | Serb-American businessman. Briefly Yugoslav prime minister in 1992 |
Pavkovic, General Nebojsa | Army chief of staff under Milosevic, sacked in June 2002 |
Pavlovic, Dragisa | Serb politician, opponent of Milosevic in late 1980s |
Perisic, General Momcilo | Former army chief of staff, opponent of Milosevic in late 1990s |
Predojevic, Vaso | Former officer in Yugoslav army |
Popov, Nebojsa | University colleague of Milosevic, later opposition leader |
Racan, Ivica | Croatian prime minister |
Radovic, Aleksandar | President of the Commission for Investigating Economic and Financial Abuses of the Milosevic Regime |
Rankovic, Aleksandar | Head of Tito-era secret police |
Reihl-Kir, Josip | Croatian police chief in eastern Slavonia in 1991 |
Ristic, Ljubisa | Theatre director, president of Jugoslav United Left party, ally of Mira Markovic |
Rose, General Sir Michael | British General in charge of UN troops in Bosnia in 1994 |
Smith, General Sir Rupert | Successor to General Sir Michael Rose |
Rugova, Ibrahim | President of Kosovo (albeit unrecognised) |
Sainovic, Nikola | Former minister in Serbia. In detention at the ICTY. Co-indicted with Milosevic for war crimes in Kosovo |
Sarinic, Hrvoje | Tudjman's secret envoy to Milosevic |
Seselj, Vojislav | Leader of ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party and former Milosevic ally. Surrendered to ICTY in February 2003 |
Silajdzic, Haris | Bosnian Muslim politician |
Simatovic, Franko | Former commander of the Special Operations |
(a.k.a. Frenki) | Unit (JSO). Arrested by Serbian authorities in March 2003 |
Simovic, Tomislav | Former Serb defence minister |
Singer, Aca | Head of Yugoslav Jewish community |
Sogorov, Milan | Communist party leader in Voivodina in 1988 |
Solevic, Miroslav | Former Serb nationalist leader in Kosovo |
Spegelj, General Martin | Former Croatian defence minister |
Stambolic, Bojana | Daughter of Ivan Stambolic |
Stambolic, Ivan | Former friend and mentor of Slobodan Milosevic. Murdered in the summer of 2000 |
Stambolic, Katja | Wife of Ivan Stambolic |
Stambolic, Petar | Uncle of Ivan Stambolic |
Stanisic, Jovica | Head of Serbian State Security under Milosevic. Arrested by Serbian authorities in March 2003 |