BOOK "BATTLE FOR VUKOVAR" PRESENTED IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, June 5 (Hina) - "Battle For Vukovar", a book about the war- ravaged eastern Croatian city, was presented in Zagreb on Thursday. The book is, according to reviewer Andjelko Mijatovic, a historiographic testimony of the summer and autumn 1991 events in Vukovar, and the determination of the Croatian people to defend their homeland from a militarily stronger enemy. On 360 pages, with numerous photographs and maps, the authors, a war commander, a Vukovar reporter and a war reporter (Mile Dedakovic, Alenka Mirkovic-Nadj and Davor Runtic), document in great detail what was going on in and around Vukovar in 1991, including battle accounts, descriptions of military actions and the situation on the battlefield. The book, as Mijatovic pointed out, also speaks about the functioning of civilian life, and the persecution and suffering of Vukovar defenders and civilians. The book's editor, Mile Maslac, assessed it was good that the book appeared right now, at the time of the return to Vukovar. The whole Croatia was fought for in Vukovar, and Vukovar was defended by people from all over Croatia, he said. "With truth, the main goals in creating the book were to speak about Croatians and their desire to create a homeland, and to show the world, through the maps, what sort of military power was coming against Vukovar from Serbia and Montenegro", Dedakovic, one of the authors, said, adding that special attention in the book was dedicated to war tactics in the battle for Vukovar. (hina) ha 052255 MET jun 97