Volume 46, Number 1 · January 14, 1999
Cry, the Dismembered Country
By Timothy Garton Ash
Once upon a time there was a country called Yugoslavia. It was a medium-size country in the southeast of Europe, and more than 23 million people lived there. It was not democratic, but it had a fair name in the world. Its king was called Tito. Being both largely rural and socialist, this country was not rich. But it was getting a little richer. Most of its children grew up thinking they were Yugoslavs. They had other identities, too, and strong ones. Slovenes already talked of the 'narrower homeland,' meaning Slovenia, and the 'wider homeland,' meaning Yugoslavia. Its Albanians were always Albanians. But still, it was a country.
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