Volume 45, Number 12 · July 16, 1998

How Milosevic Hangs On

By Tim Judah

Of all of Europe's current leaders Slobodan Milosevic is the greatest enigma. Who else, in our generation, has gone to war to 'save' his people and ended with such great catastrophes, whether in Croatia, Bosnia, or Kosovo? Who else has presided over such a dramatic destruction of his country's economy and the vilification of the once good name of his people? And yet Milosevic continues to rule, with no apparent regrets, as the duly elected leader of his country. How has he managed to do so and how long can he go on?



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