Slobodan Milosevic, former President of Yugoslavia, is the first head of state to be tried in an international court for war crimes and genocide. The producers of The Death of Yugoslavia - the series that won 16 major awards in 1996 - ...See moreSlobodan Milosevic, former President of Yugoslavia, is the first head of state to be tried in an international court for war crimes and genocide. The producers of The Death of Yugoslavia - the series that won 16 major awards in 1996 - return with this gripping and definitive documentary series. It charts Milosevic's fall from the height of his power in 1995, when he was feted by world leaders as the only hope for peace in the Balkans, to his trial in the Hague for war crimes and genocide. This is the inside story with extraordinary access to leaders across Europe, America and Russia: President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Jacques Chirac and Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, recount how they were drawn into a bombing campaign against Milosevic - and how the fierce arguments between them almost brought defeat. The series also tells the story from the Yugoslav side, from those closest to Milosevic: his wife and political partner, Mira Markovic, his deputy Milan Milutinovic and Army Chief of Staff, Nebojsa Pavkovic, describe how Milosevic refused to take the threats to his power seriously either from NATO or from his own disillusioned electorate. Milosevic's successors, President Voyjaslav Kostunica and Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, tell how they plotted his removal. Milosevic's generals and policemen describe how they disobeyed Milosevic's orders to fire on protesters and allowed the newly elected government to supplant and later arrest him.
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