We are speaking with Dr. Christian Costa Magna.

He has written some interesting historical and geopolitical analysis on what is known as the Special War.

A war, Yugoslavia fought against numerous

internal and external enemies, including the Soviets, the United States, internal fifth

columns, irredentist ethnic groups, and nationalist diaspora seeking an independent republic.

The war in Yugoslavia is a very difficult subject to

attempt to explain. I am a Croatian who in part grew up in both Yugoslavia and the independent

republic of Croatia as well as the United States. And I am still not sure 100% of what happened.

There is just too much ultra-nationalism on all sides,

foreign interference, media propaganda, revisionist history, and muddy waters to wade through.

My understanding is that the United States and its vassals in the EU wanted to break apart

and vulcanize Yugoslavia. At the same time, Tito was the glue

that held Yugoslavia together. His demise was the beginning of the end. The Bretton Woods system,

like the IMF, attempted to conquer Yugoslavia through debts. And of course, economic failure

in the 80s was an important factor in Yugoslavia's demise.

On top of that, the ethnic tensions that have brewed for centuries were ready to ignite once again.

Before we look at what you call the special war, Dr. Costa Magna, could you tell us how you came to be interested in the subject?

And what is your understanding of what happened in Yugoslavia?

I started to be interested about in Yugoslavia a long time ago when I was a teenager.

I was very touched by the everyday flux of news coming from a newspaper and TV about the war in

Croatia and then in Bosnia and in Zegovina.

So it was for me the beginning of my interest.

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