Ivo Banac
Ivo Banac, History of Religions Vol. 41, No. 2
Modern Serbian nationalism...and its contradictory connections...have
been sources of considerable scholarly interest...Branimir Anzulovic's
compendium is a good example of the genre, made all the more useful by
Anzulovic's excellent command of the literature.
Faye Bowers
In a timely, scholarly work, Branimir Anzulovic brings the two theories together in
Heavenly Serbia. He shows how history, religion, myth, and folklore intertwined to lay the groundwork; and how Slobodan Milosevic, a former Communist Party technocrat turned highly skilled manipulator, invoked the past to incite Serbs to create a larger and ethnically pure "Greater Serbia...All in
all, though, the book goes a long way in helping the reader understand the 'hows' and 'whys' of what is happening in the Balkans today.
Christian Science Monitor
Zachary T. Irwin
The book's grasp of Serbian culture extends far beyond the superficial 'ancient hatreds' thesis of Balkan war.
Pennsylvania State University, Erie
Philip J. Cohen
A penetrating analysis of an ideology that has provided the intellectual and emotional basis for the quest for a greater Serbia.
Author of Serbia's Secret War
From the Publisher
"In a timely, scholarly work, Branimir Anzulovic brings the two theories together in Heavenly Serbia. He shows how history, religion, myth, and folklore intertwined to lay the groundwork; and how Slobodan Milosevic, a former Communist Party technocrat turned highly skilled manipulator, invoked the past to incite Serbs to create a larger and ethnically pure 'Greater Serbia.'...All in all, though, the book goes a long way in helping the reader understand the 'hows' and 'whys' of what is happening in the Balkans today."
-Faye Bowers,Christian Science Monitor
"The book's strength consists of illustrating a national ideology woven from myth and historical episode."
-Library Journal ,3/15/99
"The book's grasp of Serbian culture extends far beyond the superficial 'ancient hatreds' thesis of Balkan war."
-Zachary T. Irwin,Pennsylvania State University, Erie
"Recommended reading."
-USA Today,
"Modern Serbian nationalism...and its contradictory connections...have been sources of considerable scholarly interest...Branimir Anzulovic's compendium is a good example of the genre, made all the more useful by Anzulovic's excellent command of the literature."
-Ivo Banac,History of Religions