H

Hagia Sofia, 38, 40, 40n+, 215, 229

Hammer-Purgstall, Josef von, The Hammer, 225–226

Hapsburg Empire, 35

decline, 223

Krajina, creation of, 69–73

Ottoman Empire, influence of, 42, 221

Ottoman Empire, influence on, 225–226

HAWK (Theater-Controlled Route in Kosovo), 191

Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 49

horseradish, 209

Hoxha, Enver, 12, 161, 164, 171, 174

Hugo, Victor, 210

I

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

Igalo, 142

ikbals, 219

"internationals," 92–98, 175

Iron Curtain, 6, 111

Istanbul

as center of Balkan troubles, 231–233

names throughout history, 30–31n*, 229

naming of, 38

Serbian community, 226

sights, 213–215, 216

See also Byzantium; Constantinople

ixarette (sign language), 218

J

Jackson, Sir Michael

in Londonderry, 14, 25–26, 186, 190, 202–203

witn NATO rapid reaction force, 25–26, 186, 190, 202–203

Jasenovac concentration camp, 66–67

Jerusalem, 125, 128, 129

John III Sobieski, King, 45

John Paul II, Pope, 68, 210

Joint Guardian (NATO operation), 183–191, 204–206

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 127, 128

Justinian, 41, 229

K

Kaaba, 48

Kacanik, 192

Kacanik Defile, 3–4, 188, 189

Kahlenberg, Battle of, 45

Kaplan, Robert, Balkan Ghosts, 88n*

Kara Mustafa, Grand Vizier

death a punishment for failure, his, 47–48

his body, 48, 53, 225

his character, 43, 45

his head, lost and found, 48–53, 225

Karlovac, 69–70, 73n*

Kastrioti, Gjerg (Skanderbeg), 170–171

KFOR (NATO Kosovo force), 168, 168n*

Kim Il Sung, 12

Kinglake, Alexander William, Eothen, 70, 77–78

Klagenfurt, 5–6

Kosovo

atrocities, evidence of, 193

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

devastation in, 192–193, 201

HAWK (a Theater-Controlled Route), 191

Kosovo (continued)

KFOR (NATO Kosovo forces), 168, 168n*

liberation by NATO (operation Joint Guardian), 183–191, 204–206

Milosevic's speech in, 10

official status, 21, 137n*

Rambouillet Peace Conference, 14

refugees, returning, 191–192

refugees from, 15, 17–20, 23, 25, 146

religious heartland of Serbia, 8

Russian troops in, 199–203

Serbian Kosovar flight from, 196

Serbian violence in, reasons for, 194–196

Kosovo Cycle, 115

Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK), 28, 190, 196–197

Kosovo Polje, Battle of, 39–40, 100, 116

Krajina

creation, 69–73

devastation in, 74–77

Serbian refugees from, 84

L

Ladder of Cattaro, 149

Lazar Hrebeljanovic, Prince, 114–116, 170

Lear, Edward, 166

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 44

Lepenec River, 3, 4, 11

Ljubljana, 6

Lowne, Jelka, 113–115, 116–117

Lucius, Erwin, 221, 224–226

Luke, Father (Cetinje), 155–156

M

Macedonia

border with Yugoslavia, 21–22

ethnic makeup, 185n*

Kosovo refugees in, 15, 17–20, 23, 25–26

NATO in, 178

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 124

Maribor, 62

Marjanovic, Colonel-General Svetozar, 186

Markov, Georgi, 210

Mattl, Sylvie, 50, 51, 52

Médecins sans Frontières, 94

Mehmet II, the Conqueror, 40

Mehmet IV, 41

Mehmet VI, 38

Meisel, Albert, 4–5

Menoni, Dr. Paolo, 124, 126–127

Metternich, Prince Clemens von, 53, 70, 233

Mihailo, Metropolitan of the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, 153–155, 156, 231

Miljacka River, 89, 99

Miljevina, 69

Milosevic, Slobodan

Gazimestan speech, 10, 116

June 18, significance to him, 100, 116

Ocalan compared to, 228

Rambouillet Peace Conference, 14

and simultaneious yogic fliers, 129

Yugoslav army and, 139

Monday (Albanian boxer), 176, 177

Montenegro

black Slavs in, 148

churches in, 149–150, 153–156, 231

Montenegro (continued)

independence, spirit of, 137–138

Kosovo refugees in, 146

official name, 143n*

Serbia compared to, 137, 140

Serbs, anger toward, 138, 156–157

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

Moses, George Higgins, Whirlpool of the Balkans, 36–37, 232–233

Mostar, 104

bridge in, 1992 destruction of, 107–109

devastation in, 109–110

Mother Teresa, 165

Mount Igman, 88

Mozart, Abduction from the Seraglio, 219

MUPs (Yugoslav Special Police), 17, 190–191, 200

Muslims, hatred for Croats, 109

N

Nansen passports, 192

Napoleon, 112

NATO Albanian-based forces (AFOR), 168, 168n*

NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps

as aid workers, 16, 26

air war, dependency on, 26–27

commander, 14

Serbians, bombing of, 14–15, 21, 86, 101, 200, 227, 229

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

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

Neretva River, 107, 109, 111n*

Neum, 111

newspaper copy takers, 198–199

Nicholas, King of Montenegro, 149, 151, 152

Nis, 229

O

Obradovic, Milosan, 75

Ocalan, Abdullah, 228

odalisques, categories of, 219n*

Ohrid, Lake, 174, 177

Old Serbia

Albanians in, 8–9

Serbian religious heartland, 8

See also Serbia, Serbians

Oreskovic, Maria, 69

Orthodox Church, 230

Ottoman Empire, Ottomans

Balkans, influence on, 37, 38–39

characterizations of, 216

corruption, 46

decline, 222–223

expansion, 40–42

grand viziers, mortality of, 219n+

Hapsburg Empire, influence of, 225–226

Hapsburg Empire, influence on, 42, 221

ixarette (sign language), 218

Porte, the Sublime, 222

red apple, symbolism of, 41

sultan, last, 221

sultans, number ruling from Constantinople, 217

time reckoning in, 213n*

Vienna, 1683 siege of, 41–42, 43–47

See also Turkey