The War That Is Not Allowed to Be Forgotten: Nationalist Discourse on the “Homeland War” (1991-1995) in Contemporary Croatia

The article focuses on the analysis of the dominant discourse on the Croatian “Homeland War” (1991-1995) as developed within the contemporary doctrine of Croatian nationalism. The character of Croatian nationalism is predominantly conservative, and thus the official interpretation of previous wars i...

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Conservatism
Croatia
Discourse
Ethnicity
Ideological influences
Law
Narratives
Nationalism
Politicians
Politics / Political Sciences
Recent political history
Revisionism
War
Warfare
Yugoslavia
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