CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Mihajlovic, Ivo |
|---|---|
| Title | THE YUGOSLAV IDEA AND THE WEST: 1900-1920 |
| Summary | The political movements whose goal was to form an unified southern Slavic state seemed to be facing an impossible task in the first years of the twentieth century. However, with the onset of World War I and with the consequent land losses suffered by the imperial Ottoman and Habsburg states, the prospects of would-be unifiers improved immensely. Both Croat and Serb politicians and leaders saw the golden opportunity for the realization of their dreams, and pursued a vigorous campaign with the winners of the Great War: Britain, France, Russia and the United States of America. At the same time, the Balkan experts from Britain were active in giving their own interpretation of the situation on the ground. The aim of the present work is to examine the key players and their motivation in the promotion of the Yugoslav idea to the western public. The focus will be on the evolution of the cooperation between the various camps who promoted the Yugoslav idea, and its reception in the West Europe, chiefly the United Kingdom. The inherent problems of the Yugoslav state, and its uniting ideology, Yugoslavism, will be examined. The sources used are the contemporary essays, articles and books, as well as the literature on the subject published in the period since the creation of Yugoslavia to the present day. |
| Supervisor | Lojko, Miklos; Gero, Andras |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/mihajlovic_ivo.pdf |
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