From: stojanov@husc11.harvard.edu (Milan Stojanovic)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.europe.misc,soc.culture.yugoslavia
Subject: Re: Croatian dreams
Date: 16 Dec 92 23:42:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Dec16.184208.18579
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

In article <1gmg86INNkbv@PASCAL.MATH.YALE.EDU> wickerhauser-victor@math.yale.edu (Victor Wickerhauser) writes:
>In article <1992Dec15.182440.18541@husc3.harvard.edu>
>stojanov@husc11.harvard.edu (Milan Stojanovic) interprets Croatian history:
>...
>>church.   External factor had huge influence on the strength of those
>>parties.  Tudjman's work, his speeches and speeches of his HDZ 
>>officials point from the very beginning that he belongs to the
>>Clerical/Party of Rights wing.  No matter that HDZ does not 
>>bear this name.  His " pro-Croatian " campaign was at the same
>>time strongly anti-Serbian.
>
>If you judge Croatian history from Serbian selecta you will naturally
>reach some wrong conclusions.  Very few people have read all of Dr.
>Tudjman's dissertation; the most widely-circulated English translation
>was carefully prepared in Belgrade around the time of President
>Tudjman's election.  Some might even say that the translators didn't
>quite understand the language, seeing as how they spoke Serbian while
>Franjo Tudjman wrote in Croatian.
>

I am not quite sure what are you talking about.  I sincerely think 
that neither are you, but you are trying to bring in the confusion.

We are and were never talking about " Tudjman's dissertation," but
about his book "Wastelands of Historical Truth."  Book could be found 
on all major universities in USA, and I had an honour to read it. 
Few copies were send to the government of Israel, and they have enough 
people from ex-Yugoslavia, who were able to translate it.  Results
have been seen on S.C.Y. few days ago.

Translation of certain parts by Yugoslav government was done in the
most correct way, contrary to what you claim.  The problem is that
the impression which one gets while reading his book as whole, 
is lost.  And my impression, and not only mine, is that he is 
dangerous man, and that Serbian fears are justified.


>At this time, Tudjman is one of the least militant political leaders
>in any of the Republics that bloomed from the manure of X-YU.  For

Quite contrary.  His pre-election campaign was rather bad.  Some
of his HDZ friends were even worse.  

>example, Milosevic is calling Panic a "foreign puppet", and

Why is this militant?  Couldn't you find any better example?


>Izetbegovic is calling for Western military intervention against the
>Serbs.
>


He wants to avoid negotiations, and that is his way out.  Tudjman did
the same.


>-- 
>Prof. M. Victor Wickerhauser                      <victor@kirk.wustl.edu>
>Department of Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA
>Telephone:  USA(314)935-6771, USA(314)727-0749;     FAX: USA(314)727-4963
>Sto se ljuckim trudom uzdignulo, Ljuckim znojem jopet se ponavlja. --Medo Pucic

Do you know where is Medo Pucic's family from, originally? 
When I find time I'll post for you his biography.  Also there
are some interesting articles he wrote about Dalmatia back in 
1860's. Hopefully his predictions would fulfill.


Milan N. Stojanovic
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