Croatian Radical Separatism and Diaspora Terrorism During the Cold War (eBook)

lt;P>Mate Nikola Tokić is Humanities Initiative Visiting Professor in the Department of History and School of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU). He received his PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the CEU, Tokić was an assistant professor of European and East European history at the American University in Cairo. He has also held positions at a number of Europe’s leading research institutes: the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence, the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Institute for Advanced Study at the Central European University in Budapest, the Imre Kertész Kolleg at the Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, and most recently, the Center for Advanced Studies of Southeastern Europe at the University of Rijeka. In addition to his work on political violence and radicalization among diaspora Croats, he has worked extensively on the relationship between social memory and political legitimacy in socialist Yugoslavia.

lt;P>“Croatian Radical Separatism and Diaspora Terrorism During the Cold War is a must-read for scholars investigating the global rise of transnational separatist movements and the ideological convictions that mobilize their adherents into action. The book not only provides a richly detailed and meticulous historical account of Croatian émigré radicalization, but it also provides a persuasively argued framework for assessing the complex entanglements of migrations and political violence that fuel radical politics and, potentially, the planning and execution of violent terrorist acts. The key findings of Tokić’s compelling study extend well beyond the particularities of the Croatian case and make a critical contribution to the analysis of an issue of vital contemporary importance.”