Slobodan Milosevic and many others who were born during World War II had a difficult childhood, with Milosevic's parents committing suicide, which would traumatize any adult . He rose through the ranks of Tito's Communist Party and survived the purges of the late 1960s where he became a close ally of 1980s party leader Ivan Stambolic. When Slobodan Milosevic was president of Serbia, Time Magazine interviewed him in 1995, just after the Dayton Peace Accords. His interview focused on four key actions that affected the former Yugoslavia. First, the atrocities perpetrated by ethnic Serbs against Bosnians. Second, his national speeches focused on Serbian nationalism gained him enough power to force party leader Ivan Stambolic to resign from office. Third, his alliances with Serbian nationalists and paramilitaries from other states such as Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia had involved him in sending military munitions to these nationalists. Fourth, the Time Magazine interview is important because it shows Milosevic's Machiavellian nature, someone who directly lies to people about the atrocities his government supported to maintain its power. Slobodan Milosevic was born in 1941, in the middle of World War II, when the Nazis and their collaborators were committing numerous atrocities against different ethnic groups. Milosevic was considered a reclusive child who received good grades and was also considered a well-behaved student by his teachers. When he was in law school, he became friends with Ivan Stambolic who would later help Slobodan in his political career. For example, Stambolic appointed Milosevic to a number of political positions. In 1986, Milosevic became the leader of the Serbian Communist Party where he would remain until 1989, when Milosevic ousted his friend...... middle of paper ...... uation which had enveloped him in the country. He also discussed the rise of a leader who invoked a "Greater Serbia" and used nationalism to destroy Yugoslavia as a country. Works CitedCarol, Off. 2000. The Lion, the Fox and the Eagle: a story of generals and justice in Rwanda and Yugoslavia. Toronto: Vintage Canada Edition. Kelly, Michael J. 2005. Nowhere to Hide. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Michaels, Marguerite, interview with Slobodan Milosevic. 1995. INTERVIEW OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC WITH TIME MAGAZINESell, Louis. Problems of post-communism. 1999. ""Slobodan Milosevic. Academic Search Premier, November: 6:12.Stiglmayer, Alexandra. 1994. Mass rape: the war against women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. 2001. CASE NO. IT-01-50-I (The Hague).