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that accompanies the series. It covers the collapse of Yugoslavia, the subsequent wars and the signing of the final peace accords. It uses a combination of archived footage interspersed with interviews with most of the main players in the conflict, including

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, Radovan Karadžić,

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and Alija Izetbegović, as well as members of the international political community, who were active in the various peace initiatives. The series was awarded a BAFTA award in 1996 for Best Factual Series. It also won the 1995

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and the 1997 Gold Baton at the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards. Interviews for the series have been used by

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in war crimes prosecutions. All the papers relating to the documentary series, including the full transcripts of the interviews, are lodged at the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at

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Episodes

Edits

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" In another edit, it was broadcast as a feature-length single documentary.

Interviewees

* Diego Arria, former President of the United Nations Security Council *

Blagoje Adžić Blagoje Adžić ( sr-Cyrl, Благоје Аџић, (); 2 September 1932 – 1 March 2012) was a Serbian colonel general who served as an acting Minister of Defence of the Yugoslavia government. Biography Adžić was born into a Serb family in ...

, former Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia * Milan Aksentijević, former General of JNA forces in Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia *

Milan Babić Milan Babić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Бабић; 25 February 1956 – 5 March 2006) was a Croatian Serb politician and war criminal who served as the first president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a self-proclaimed state largely populated by S ...

, former President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina * Igor Bavčar, Slovenian politician *

Mate Boban Mate Boban (; 12 February 1940 – 7 July 1997) was a Bosnian Croat politician and one of the founders of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the 1st President of Herzeg-Bosnia from ...

, former President of the Croat Republic of Herceg-Bosnia *

Bogić Bogićević Bogić Bogićević ( sr-cyr, Богић Богићевић; born 15 May 1953) is a Bosnian politician. He served as the 5th Bosnian member of the Yugoslav Presidency from 1989 until its abolishment in 1992. Bogićević was also a member of the ...

, former Yugoslav representative for SR Bosnia and Herzegovina * Dragoslav Bokan, Serbian film director and writer *

Josip Boljkovac Josip Boljkovac (; 12 November 1920 – 10 November 2014) was a Croatian politician who served as the first Minister of Internal Affairs in the Croatian Government, thus being one of the closest associates of former President Franjo Tudjman. ...

, former Minister of Interior of Croatia * Momir Bulatović, former President of SR Montenegro *

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, UN envoy * Warren Christopher, United States Secretary of State * Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat *

Dobrica Ćosić Dobrica Ćosić ( sr, Добрица Ћосић, ; 29 December 1921 – 18 May 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician, writer, and political theorist. Ćosić was twice awarded the prestigious NIN award for literature and Medal of Pushkin f ...

, Yugoslav and Serbian politician *

Mile Dedaković Mile Dedaković (born 4 July 1951) is a retired Croatian Army colonel. Also known by his ''nom de guerre'' Jastreb ("Hawk"), Dedaković is best known for commanding the 204th Vukovar Brigade and the city of Vukovar's defenses during the 1991 Bat ...

, Croatian Army colonel * Slavko Degoricija, Croatian politician * Gianni De Michelis, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy * Jovan Divjak, Bosnian Serb general in the Bosnian Army * Rasim Delić, chief of staff of the Bosnian army * Raif Dizdarević, Bosnian politician *

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, Bosnian politician * Peter Galbraith, US Ambassador to Croatia * Ejup Ganić, Bosnian politician * Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany *

Mate Granić Mate Granić (born 19 September 1947) is a Croatian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of Croatia from 1993 to 2000. Biography Granić was born in Baška Voda in Dalmatia (then PR Croatia, FPR Y ...

, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia *

Petar Gračanin Petar Gračanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Грачанин; 22 June 1923 – 27 June 2004) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician and general in the Yugoslav People's Army. Biography Petar Gračanin was born on 22 June 1923 in Jagodina, then ...

, former Secretary of Interior of Yugoslavia *

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, general in the Bosnian Army * Sefer Halilović, former commander of the Bosnian Army * David Hannay, British diplomat * Christopher R. Hill, American diplomat * Richard Holbrooke, Assistant Secretary US State Department *

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, head of UNHCR operations in Bosnia * Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary of UK * Alija Izetbegović, President of the Republic of Bosnia * Janez Janša, Slovenian politician * , Serbian writer * Borisav Jović, former President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia * Perica Jurić – Croatian politician * Radovan Karadžić, former President of Republika Srpska *

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, Lieutenant General in US Army * Nikola Koljević, Vice President of Republika Srpska *

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, former President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia * Momčilo Krajišnik, Speaker of the National Assembly of Republika Srpska * Milan Kučan, former President of Slovenia * Milutin Kukanjac, former General of JNA forces in Bosnia * Zlatko Lagumdžija, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Anthony Lake, United States National Security Advisor * Lewis MacKenzie, chief of staff of the United Nations peacekeeping force in former Yugoslavia *

Branko Mamula Branko "Đuro" Mamula ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко "Ђурo" Мамула; 30 May 1921 – 19 October 2021) was a Serbian politician and Yugoslav officer who participated in World War II in Yugoslavia. He was later the Minister of Defence of Yugoslav ...

, former Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia * Milan Martić, former President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina * Mirjana Marković, wife of Slobodan Milošević * Josè Maria Mendiluce, UN representative in Bosnia * Stjepan Mesić, Croatian politician *

, former FR Yugoslavia president *

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, Serbian journalist * Philippe Morillon, UNPROFOR general * Naser Orić, commander of the Bosniak forces in Srebrenica *

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, British diplomat *

Života Panić Života Panić ( sr-cyr, Живота Панић; 3 November 1933 – 19 November 2003) was a Yugoslav military officer who served as the last acting Minister of Defense of Yugoslavia and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of ...

, former Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia *

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, US delegate during Dayton negotiations * Pavle – patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church * Ilijaz Pilav, Srebrenica survivor, town council member * Biljana Plavšić, President of Republika Srpska *

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, Bosnian Croat general *

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, Bosnian actor *

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, Croatian politician * , JNA general *

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, American diplomat * Jadranka, widow of

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* Malcolm Rifkind, UK Foreign Secretary * Michael Rose, former Commander of UNPROFOR in Bosnia * Zulfo Salihović, Bosnian politician * Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian politician and paramilitary leader * Haris Silajdžić, Prime Minister of Bosnia *

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, Serb nationalist leader in Kosovo * Martin Špegelj, former Minister of Defence of Croatia * Ivan Stambolić, former President of Serbia * Shashi Tharoor, head of peacekeeping operations in former Yugoslavia *

, President of Croatia * Vasil Tupurkovski, former Member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia for SR Macedonia * Miloš Vasić, Serbian journalist * Aleksandar Vasiljević, head of the Counterintelligence Service of Yugoslavia * Alexander Vershbow, American diplomat * Azem Vllasi, Kosovo Albanian politician * Michael Williams, British diplomat *

Franci Zavrl Franci may refer to: * the Franks, a West Germanic people first attested in the 3rd century * Franci Kek (born 1964), a Slovenian politician * Franci Litsingi, an alternative spelling for Francis Litsingi * Franci Petek (born 1971), a Slovenian geog ...

, Slovenian journalist * Warren Zimmermann, last US ambassador to SFR Yugoslavia

References

External links

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