The evolution of the Yugoslav Idea: 1830-1980 -- Socialist reform in crisis: the Post-Tito debate -- Toward postsocialism: the emergence of party pluralism -- Sovereignty asunder: the fragmentation of state authority -- Plurism in the Southeast: nationalism triumphant -- Drifting apart: "new" elites and a delegitimated federation -- The politics of intransigence: prelude to civil war -- The dissolution of the Second Yugoslavia: Balkan violence and the international response -- Yugoslavism's failure and future.