Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation, by Laura Silber and Allan Little, is an interesting book. I have not finished it yet, but some things seem to be missing. When writing about Laibach in the section about Slovenia they fail to mention some things about the band. I know that they cannot write about everything, but these things are important when talking about them. The name of the name was illegal when the band was formed, because it was the name used for Ljubljana during the Nazi occupation. Their first concerts were advertised without their name being used. The posters simply had a black cross with the date and location of the concert. Their use of fascist symbolism was not an embrace of the ideals of fascism. When writing about Bosnia-Herzegovina they neglect portions of the Bosnian population. There is no mention of the Bosnians who were not Muslim. They, as did the Serbians in the conflict, act as if the only people in Bosnia were Serbians, Croats and Muslims. I know that there were Bosnian Christians, because I have met some of them who left Bosnia for their own safety. The writers of this book and others at the time acted as if these people did not exist. It makes me wonder what other pertinent information they might have omitted.
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