"Croatia: Myth & Reality - The Final Chapter"
Reviewed in Zajednicar, November 5, 1997 by John Cindrich

ISBN 0-9633625-3-4. Third and Final English Edition 1997 by C. MICHAEL McADAMS University of San Francisco

"Truth is the first casualty of war"

San Francisco, Ca - The book that helped turn the tide in the propaganda war against Croatia will soon be available in a greatly enlarged and expanded third and final English edition. The first two editions were sent to hundreds of journalists and libraries around the world to answer the myths most often associated with Croatia. The Croatian University Press in Zagreb translated the monograph into Croatian as Hrvatska - Mit I Istina and into Swedish as Kroatien - Myt Och Sanning. Permission has also been given to translate the monograph into German, Spanish, and French.

Croatia Myth & Reality - the Final Chapter includes a Guide to Pronunciation, an extended historical outline of Croatia and the Croatians through 1996, and answers such questions as: Did the Croatians ask to join Yugoslavia? Did a Croatian assassinate King Alexander? Were all Croatians Fascists during World War II? Did two million Serbs die at the hands of Croatians? Did Croatians execute American airmen? Was there no retribution against Croatians after World War II? Were borders drawn to benefit Croatia? Is there a Serbo-Croatian language? Were Tudjman and Milosevic both converts from communism? Did Serbs have no guaranteed rights in Croatia? Were streets named for fascists? Were Holocaust records destroyed? Is the Croatian coat-of-arms a Fascist symbol? Is Croatian currency fascist?

These and other myths are explored in a straight forward, easy to understand format that has made the previous editions so successful. The third English edition also includes an all-new annotated Bibliography to encourage further reading and research and a dozen illustrations, many in color, Croatia Myth & Reality - the Final Chapter will be the final English language edition.