Yugoslavia and political assassinations : the history and legacy of Tito's campaign against the Émigrés / Christian Axboe Nielsen

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Establishment and Structure of the Yugoslav State Security Service -- 2 Defining the Enemy: The Struggle against the 'Fascist Emigration' and the 'Enemy Emigration' -- 3 Agents, Infiltration and Surveillance: The Methods of the Yugoslav State Security Service in Émigré (Diaspora) Communities -- 4 Taking the Fight to Them: The 1972 Bugojno Uprising and the Shift to an Offensive Stance -- 5 Murder in Munich: The Assassination of Stjepan Đureković -- Conclusion and Epilogue -- List of Acronyms -- List of Archival Collections Consulted -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Yugoslavia and Political Assassinations is the first book in English to analyse how and why the Yugoslav State Security Service carried out multiple targeted assassinations, over the country's forty-six years of existence, under the pretext of protecting the Yugoslav communist party-state. Offering a detailed history of the programme, from the inception of the State Security Service to the recent trials of individuals involved, it draws on Christian Axboe Nielsen's unique wealth of experience and research as an academic and as an expert witness in numerous criminal trials. The result is a ground-breaking contribution to the history of targeted assassinations, communist history, state security services and related criminal trials."