Chapter 17 Tito’s Chetnik Hunters: The Dynamics of Asymmetric Warfare in Yugoslavia
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Summary
This article discusses the creation of the Yugoslav state security OZNa-UDBa by the Communist Partisans of Josip Broz ‘Tito’. Gaining the upper hand in the Yugoslav civil war of 1941–1945, OZNa-UDBa learned from its wartime experiences to successfully function well into the postwar period. The organisation was so successful that it needed to conjure up enemies of the state in order to remain viable. Eventually, the hubris adopted by the agents of OZNa-UDBa caught up to the security agency and killed it along with the state it protected.
Summary in Serbian
Ovaj članak rasmatra stvaranje jugoslovenske državne bezbednosti OZNa-UDBa od strane komunističkih Partizana Josipa Broza Tita. Dobijajući prednost u jugoslovenskom gradjanskom ratu 1941–1945, OZNa-UDBa je naučila iz svojih ratnih iskustava da uspešno funkcioniše u poslijeratnom periodu. Organizacija je bila toliko uspješna da je trebala stvoriti neprijatelje države kako bi ostalo održiva. Na kraju, okolnost koju su usvojili agenti OZNa-UDBa uhvatila je sigurnosnu agenciju i ubila ga zajedno sa državom koju je štitila.