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Disintegration and war, according to Đilas

The diaries are another proof that Đilas was a great thinker, who was embraced by the world, and only then by Yugoslavia. Who was embraced by Yugoslavia, but still not Montenegro, although Đilas has his own street in Amsterdam

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Photo: Facebook/Vukotic Media
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Disclaimer: The translations are mostly done through AI translator and might not be 100% accurate.

A book came out that shook the public even before the readers got to the end to read it. "Milovan Đilas, Disintegration and war, diary, 1989 - 1995", is published by Vukotić Media. Short diary entries Milovan Đilas are a terrible testimony, everything that the censored and self-censored media skipped publishing in those years or impressions that they were not allowed to express and convey, everything was collected and collected by Đilas. Unpretentiously, almost by the way, but precisely and fairly, we follow almost day by day who he hung out with, who he discussed with, what he thought and wrote, who he gave an interview to and what he thought about which politician. We should not forget that these are the diaries from the pen of a man who was imprisoned for an idea, for an opinion and a person who renounced his privileges, whose notes and letters were confiscated many times, which is also recorded in the diaries.

It is particularly interesting how Đilas predicts the breakup of Yugoslavia and how he follows the war. He writes about Milošević, Šuvar, Momir Bulatović, writes a lot about Well done, Mihizu, especially Fr Matija Bećković with whom he is almost inseparable, although they have different views on politics. No record of Milovan Đilas is boring, which cannot be said for the great books and volumes of various historians who imposed themselves to unilaterally interpret those same years for the people. Now there is a serious book for anyone who wants to interpret those deceptive and difficult years from 1989 to 1995.

Milovan's son Aleksa Djilas, editor of the book, the preface begins masterfully, with a quote from Milovan Đilas from the book The Revolutionary War, A Memoir. In that short and difficult paragraph, Đilas writes how his father was killed in Kosovo by Albanian fascists, how his younger brother was arrested and interrogated in the Banjica camp. Milivoje whom they recognized as "whose brother" they tortured and finally shot. Older brother Aleksa was killed in 1941. The middle sister Dobrana who was in a different state was killed by the Chetniks. Đilas's mother gave birth to nine children, so she said to all the tragedy and the children who died: "I have given birth to enough, so I have enough left over." Terrible defiance and struggle, not giving up and regret.

In the diaries, one can see how many foreign publishers came forward to publish Đilas's books in huge circulations, and that during that time they were discussing whether Đilas's book about Caregiver in Yugoslavia. It is also a paradox that foreign magazines are racing to hear what Đilas thinks, while it is still too early for Yugoslav magazines to talk to Đilas.

The diaries are another proof that Đilas was a great thinker, who was embraced by the world, and only then by Yugoslavia. Who was embraced by Yugoslavia, but still not Montenegro, although Đilas has his own street in Amsterdam.

The directors of our lives and politics also contributed to the misinterpretation of Djilas, in their desire to ruffle other people's feathers and scratch at his fame, they misinterpreted Djilas and put him in their claustrophobic representations.

It's all in the book Disintegration and war. It is not just a story about the years between 1989 and 1995. It is a deeper and stronger story that spans at least three generations and interprets what we still suffer from and wander aimlessly. That's why this book should be read, it should be grasped as if it were secret knowledge that is healing.

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