Blood Story

Veronica Khokhlova has a link to a remarkable photo-essay by the photographer Ron Haviv. It chronicles the Balkan War, from 1991 onwards:

The fall of the Berlin wall and subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union had led people to believe that the world had taken a turn towards peace. All that wound up happening in places such as Yugoslavia was the lifting of a lid on fervent nationalistic feelings.

I decided to go. My decision was reaffirmed by the quick announcement of the independence of Slovenia, one of the republics.I left that night. By the next day it was evident that independence wasn't going to be easy. The Yugoslav Federal Army, with bases in Slovenia, was going to fight the decision to break up Yugoslavia.

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