In NATO’s Backyard

Posted By admin on Lug 22, 2016

IVAN LAKOVIĆ AND DMITAR TASIĆ The Tito–Stalin Split and Yugoslavia’s Military Opening toward the West, 1950–1954 In NATO’s Backyard Yugoslav military cooperation with West emerged after the country’s split with the U.S.S.R. and its allies in 1948. It came as a surprise for many, since Yugoslavia used to be one of the staunchest followers of Soviet politics. However, faced with possible military escalation of the...