CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHRONOLOGY OF CROATIAN HISTORY -- DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN CROATIA -- WHAT'S LOVE (OF COUNTRY) GOT TO DO WITH IT? Civic Values in Democratic Transition -- PART I Historical Context -- CROATIA SINCE 1989 The HDZ and the Politics of Transition -- REMEMBER VUKOVAR Memory, Sense of Place, and the National Tradition in Croatia -- PART II Civic Values and Religion -- SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND STRENGTH OF CIVIC ATTITUDES Croatia Compared with New and Old Democracies -- POLITICAL VALUES AND ATTITUDES -- RELIGION AND VALUES -- PART III Textbooks, Education, and Media -- BETWEEN CIVIC IDENTITY AND NATIONALISM History Textbooks in East-Central and Southeastern Europe -- THE USE AND MISUSE OF HISTORY TEACHING IN 1990S CROATIA -- MEDIA AND CIVIC VALUES -- PART IV Coming to Terms with Nationalism -- THE BATTLE FOR CROATIA Three Films by Vinko Brešan -- WOMEN ON THE EDGE OF GENDER EQUALITY -- CROATIA, REGIONAL COOPERATION, AND THE EU -- IS NATIONALISM REALLY THAT BAD? The Case of Croatia -- CONCLUSION Building Liberal Democracy in Croatia -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.