Yugoslav Wars - Terminology

Terminology

The war(s) have alternatively been called:

• "War in the Balkans": largely inappropriate, partly because the war affected not only the Western Balkans but also because certain areas which saw fighting (e.g., most of Slovenia, the Croatian land of Slavonia) are often seen as belonging to Central Europe and not the Balkans.
• "Wars/conflicts in the former Yugoslavia"
• "Wars of Yugoslav Secession/Succession"
• "Third Balkan War": a term suggested by British journalist Misha Glenny in the title of his book, alluding to the two previous Balkan Wars fought 1912–1913. In fact, the term has already been applied by contemporary historians to World War I as an allusion that it was a direct sequel of the 1912–1913 Balkan wars.
• "Yugoslavia Civil War"/"Yugoslav Civil War"/"Yugoslavian Civil War"/"Civil War in Yugoslavia"