CRO PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT RECEIVES AUTHORS OF 'BATTLE FOR VUKOVAR'

ZAGREB, June 12 (Hina) - Croatian Parliament President Vlatko Pavletic on Thursday received Mile Dedakovic, Alenka Mirkovic-Nadj and Davor Runtic, authors of the book "Battle For Vukovar", and the manager of "Vinkovacke jeseni", the publishing house which issued the book, Branimir Popovic. Dedakovic, commander of Vukovar's defense, said "Battle For Vukovar" tried to say what was going on in the autumn of 1991, when the eastern Croatian town was under siege by the Serb-dominated Yugoslav Peoples' Army. The book shows that all known military rules and the war doctrine failed in Vukovar, he said. Hina's war correspondent Runtic said the aim while writing the book was to corroborate Dedakovic's data with witnesses' accounts. The book also used some Serb texts which reveal numerous details surrounding the battle for Vukovar, he added. (hina) ha jn 122017 MET jun 97