A

AFOR (NATO forces in Albania), 168, 168n*

Agca, Mehmet Ali, 210

Albania, Albanians, 12, 63, 157

cars, scarcity of, 164

family honor, 171–172

getting into, 161–162

Gypsies in, 163

languages, 166

names in, 163, 169

pillboxes in, 166–168

religion, 165, 165n*

Serbian hatred for, 9

Sigurimi prison camps, 164

Alexander I, King of Serbia, 65

Alpine Cenozoic Orogeny, 59–61

Andric, Ivo, Bridge on the Drina, 88, 88n*

Anja (a Bosnian), 92–94, 100, 103–104

Anton, Peter (Archdeacon Tarasios), 230–231

Apache helicopters, 178

apple, red, symbolism of, 41

architecture, Islamic, 107

Arkan (Zeljko Raznatovic), 29

Atatürk, Kemal, 38

attar of roses, 209

Austria, Austrians

Ottoman Empire, influence of, 42, 221

Ottoman Empire, influence on, 225–226

Slavs, dislike of, 5–6

B

Balkan Mountains, 212, 212n*

Balkans

alliances in, 108

conflict in, centuries of, 28

conflict in, religious roots of, 39–40, 65

decapitation in, 50

ethnic sameness of most people, 63

geology, 59–61, 85

leaders in, titles of, 28–29

original settlers, 61–62

Ottoman Empire, influence of, 38–39

victimization and violence, motivation for, 196n*

victimization and violence, reasons for, 194–196, 232–233, 236

war in, likely resumption of, 156–157, 205–206, 227, 228, 231–232

Banja Luka, 84–85

Bartholomew, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, 230

Beyoglü, 215

Biljarda (Billiards) palace, 150–151

Blace (Macedonia), 15, 17–20, 23, 25, 185, 187

Black Legions, 29

Blue Mosque, 215

Bohlen, Avis, 211–212

Bohlen, Chip, 211

borders

in the Balkans, new ones since 1991, 21–23, 111–112

effect on human spirit, 21–23

Bosnia and Herzegovina

broadcasting in, 95n*

Clinton's views of, influence on, 88n*

Croat-Muslim fighting, 108

devastation in, 109–110

IFOR (NATO Implementation Force), 168, 168n*

Independent Media Commission (IMC), 94–97

the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, 93–94, 226–228

the sea, access to, 111n*

SFOR (NATO Stabilization Force), 85, 97–98, 168, 168n*

See also Republika Srpska

Brown, Ron, death in Dubrovnik, 130

bugger, origin of the term, 210

Bulgaria, 209–213, 216

Byzantium, 229–230. See also Constantinople [on this page]; Istanbul

C

Cerovac, 75–76

Cetinje, 6, 137–138, 148–153, 151n*, 157

Charles V, duke of Lorraine, 45

Chetniks, 29, 67

Clinton, Bill, Clinton Administration, 88n*, 130

CLOG (Theater-Controlled Route in Republika Srpska), 85

coffee, 36

Constantinople

Bulgarian occupation, 38

as center of Balkan troubles, 37, 231–233

Ottomans, conquered by, 40

symbol of, 41

yalis in, 223–224

See also Byzantium [on this page]; Istanbul

Crna Gora. See Montenegro

Croatia, Croatians

Dalmatian Coast Highway, 6–7, 110–111

German occupation, 64–65

Serbs in, 69–73

See also Ustashi

Croatian peace conference (Dubrovnik Peace Project), 122–123, 126–129

croissants, 36

D

Dalmatian Coast Highway, 6–7, 110–111

Dar ul-Harb, 217

Dar ul-Islam, 217

Daut (Moslem Serb), 226–228

Dayton Accords, 79

Dinaric Alps, 3, 118, 119

Dizdarevic, Zlatko, 101–103

Djilas, Milovan, 69

Djukanovic, Milo, 138–140

Dolmabahce Palace, 37, 38, 214, 223

dramatis personae, 237–249

Dubrovnik, 6, 129

Dubrovnik Peace Project, 122–123, 126–129

former name, 111

Serbia, coveted by, 108

siege beginning 1991, 112, 117–120

Düriegl, Günter, 50, 51, 52, 225

Durres, 167, 167n*

E

elevator, first ever, 221

Erlih, Josip, 67

F

Field of the Blackbird, 11, 116, 200

fixers, and foreign correspondents, 135–136

Francis Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Hungary, assassination of, 99

Fraser, Malcolm, 78

Freer, Adrian, 187–188

FYROM, 24n*, 179. See also Macedonia

G

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 210

Gazimestan, 10, 116

General Jankovic (place in Kosovo), 11, 187

geology

Balkan, 59–61

influence on human character, 60, 61

George magazine correspondent, 174–175

geuzdes, 219

Gladstone, William, 210

glossary of terms and dramatis personae, 237–249

Going, Shaun, 173–174, 176

Golden Horn, 215

Gradimlje, 192

Gradiska, 79

Greece, 6

Grunnet, Jørgen, 15n+

Guardian, 4, 9

Gulf of Kotor, 6

Gurkhas, 184, 184n*, 188, 190

Gypsies, 163, 167