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Dead heroes and living deserters: the Yugoslav People's Army and the public of Valjevo, Serbia, on the verge of war 1991

Robert LučićCentre for Contemporary History, Potsdam, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 735-752 | Received 10 Jun 2014, Accepted 17 Nov 2014, Published online: 04 Feb 2015

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Party and state documents

  • OK SKS-Valjevo: Security report, June 1986, Regional Historical Archive, Valjevo (Međuopštinski istorijski arhiv, Valjevo – MIA) A.7.1.250, Inv.Br. 50.
  • OK SKS-Valjevo: Minutes of the meeting, April 23, 1987, MIA A.7.1.250, Inv.Br. 50.
  • OK SKS-Valjevo: Minutes of the meeting, November 17, 1987, MIA A.7.1.250, Inv.Br. 62.
  • OK SKS-Valjevo: Minutes of the meeting, April 19, 1988, MIA A.7.1.250, Inv.Br. 51.
  • P OK SKS-Valjevo: Minutes of the meeting, December 18, 1987, MIA A.7.1.250, Inv.Br. 63
  • P OK SKS-Valjevo: Report, December 19, 1988, MIA A.7.1.250, Inv.Br. 63.
  • P OK SKS-Valjevo: Position paper, October 5,1989, MIA A.7.1.250, Inv.Br. 64.
  • P OK SKS-Valjevo: Minutes of the meeting, January 31, 1990, MIA A.7.1.250, Inv.Br. 64.
  • SO: Common session of the town's councils, April 25, 1989 (copies in the author's possession).
  • SO: Common session of the town's councils, September 7, 1990 (copies in the author's possession).

Interviews

  • Interview with a former reservist of the JNA, recorded by the author in Valjevo (March 20, 2012).
  • Interview with a former noncommissioned officer of the JNA (reserve), recorded by the author in Valjevo (March 5, 2012).

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