15 June 1998 Croatia’s controversial Defense Minister Gojko Susak died on 3 May, after a long fight with cancer. The government declared 7 May a national day of mourning for the man credited with creating a modern Croatian army, through the help of arms-smuggling and covert advice from the United States. After fleeing Yugoslavia at […]

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