WWI and 1920s military history book – “Paramilitarism in the Balkans” (Oxford University Press, 2020) – Dmitar Tasic interview

Check out this book here   https://amzn.to/3jlpFQP Dmitar Tasic studies and teaches Balkan history. He’s recently published a book on his studies of the paramilitary groups that existed in Yugoslavia and surrounding regions during WWI and into the 1920s. We spoke about the subject and the book. (THE AUDIO PLAYER IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE…

Check out this book here   https://amzn.to/3jlpFQP

Dmitar Tasic studies and teaches Balkan history. He’s recently published a book on his studies of the paramilitary groups that existed in Yugoslavia and surrounding regions during WWI and into the 1920s. We spoke about the subject and the book.

(THE AUDIO PLAYER IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST.)

0:45- Dmitar explains how he got interested in paramilitarism in the Balkans.

2:27 – Dmitar explains why the book covers 1917 to 1924.

6:01 – Dmitar defines paramilitary in this situation.

9:00 – Dmitar talks about the gear of paramilitary forces.

13:17 – Dmitar talks about the type of men who became paramilitaries.

16:04 – Dmitar talks about the organization of these groups and casualty numbers.

21:18 – Dmitar discusses how much democracy there was in these paramilitary organization.

25:42 – Dmitar talks about how Ottoman rule affected the development of these paramilitary forces.

31:00 – Dmitar talks about Ottoman reprisals against [the] uprisings.

33:17 – Dmitar talks how these groups were provided weapons and gear.

36:21 – Dmitar talks about what resources he used for his research.

38:07 – Dmitar talks about some of the research difficulties he had in his research because of the communist regimes.

42:24 – Dmitar talks about reading police reports about paramilitary events. He also discusses how these organizations were able to accommodate themselves with state support.

50:05 – Dmitar talks about the social activities of these groups.

54:55 – Dmitar talks about being impressed by their physical and mental strength.

1:04:33 – Dmitar can be found on academia.edu.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3jlpFQP

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/paramilitarism-in-the-balkans-9780198858324?cc=us&lang=en&

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Guests: Dmitar Tasic

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