Word: broz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Serbs, who threw off Turkish rule in the 19th century, are Christian Orthodox; the Croatians, who were subjugated by the Habsburg Empire, are Catholics. Their mutual hatred and distrust keep growing more virulent as nationalist ambitions seethe throughout Eastern Europe. Only the suzerainty of socialism imposed by Josip Broz Tito after World War II managed for a time to keep the rivalry in check...
Yugoslavia, composed entirely of ethnic minorities, broke from Moscow in 1948 but was held tightly together by its forceful first President, Josip Broz Tito. Since his death in 1980, ties among the country's six republics and two autonomous regions have loosened, and an ambitious Serbian nationalist, Slobodan Milosevic, has become wildly popular among his fellow Serbs. But his ) strident chauvinism and the rest of the federation's fears of the Serbs, who account for more than 8 million of Yugoslavia's 24 million people, could be pushing the country toward disintegration. Milosevic has reasserted Serbian control over Kosovo...