The book describing the two afternoon hours of October 5, when the fortress of Slobodan Milosevic and his regime, built for thirteen years, was knocked down, is a result of talks with sixty people - politicians, policemen, soldiers and citizens who, in their different roles, found themselves in Belgrade on that day to make it, some even by doing nothing at all, one of the most memorable dates in the long and stormy history of Serbia.

Aware that writing about historical events requires a distance and abundance of material, data and documents, and is a job for historians, the authors of the book, their ambitions notwithstanding, focused on a sole task - that is, to draw on the assistance of the actors themselves in order to reconstruct the events of October 5, to arrange and uncover them to the extent possible, to dispel the numerous rumors and, probably most importantly, to demonstrate that October 5 was a personal story of every one of the hundreds of thousands of participants in the event which is, today, referred to in a variety of different names - from revolt, and revolution to putsch and coup d'état.

Contents: Foreword Prologue Stop Them With "Wasps" Maki's Molotov Cocktail The Battle of Kolubara Military Leader Vlajko Stojiljkovic Djindjic Meets Legija Attack Plan, Defense Plan Arrest Velja Ilic and Svilanovic The Parliament Will Burn Cacak on Ibar Highway Gloria in Army Headquarters Mutiny in The Bastille Bulldozer! The Patriarch's Blessing It's Them or Us! Parliament Under Attack Parliament Conquered The Battle of Vlajkoviceva Street Tear Gas From Helicopter Rescuing The Police Milanovic Runs The Gauntlet The Guys From Brazil The Last Police Station "Politika" in DOS's Hands The New RTS Hôtel de Ville Tanks! Renegade Bosko Buha Army vs. State Security Milosevic Saw Kostunica Epilogue Statement of Milan Milutinovic Chronology

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