BALKANS The Balkans has been an area of great toil and conflict for many centuries. After World War I, the countries of this region had difficulty forming a steady and successful form of government. The communist party was revived in the 1930's in the Balkans, and Josip Broz-Tito took power in 1945. At the time, this seemed to be just what the Balkans needed. Tito was a Communist dictator and he strictly enforced many laws during …showed first 75 words of 511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 511 total…with it. These issues need to be dealt with head on and addressed in a very serious manner. When Tito buried racial problems, he neglected to realize that they would come back up to the surface sooner or later. What no one realized is how violently all of those tensions would be expressed when re-emerged. This tragedy should never be repeated, and people need to become more informed on how serious ethnic tension really is.