Slobodan Milosevic and many others born during the Second World War had troubled childhoods, Milosevic's parents committed 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, right after the Dayton Peace Accords. His interview focused on four key actions that were affecting the former Yugoslavia. First, the atrocities that ethnic Serbs were perpetrating against the Bosniaks. Second, his national speeches focusing on Serbian nationalism brought him enough power to force party leader Ivan Stambolic from office. Third, his alliances with Serbian nationalists and paramilitaries in other states such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia had implicated him in sending military munitions to these nationalists. Fourth, the Time Magazine interview is important because it shows the Machiavellian nature of Milosevic as someone who directly lies to people about atrocities that his government had supported to sustain his power. Slobodan Milosevic was born in 1941 in the midst of World War II, when the Nazis and their collaborators were committing many atrocities against different ethnic groups. Milosevic was considered a lonely child who received good grades and was also considered a well-behaved student by his teachers. When he was in law school he befriended Ivan Stambolic who would later help Slobodan in his political career. Stambolic appointed Milosevic to a number of political posts, for example. In 1986 Milosevic became the leader of the Serbian Communist Party where he remained until 1989, when Milosevic ousted his spouse. in the country. Also discussed was the powerful rise of a leader who called for a “Greater Serbia” and who used nationalism to destroy Yugoslavia as a country. Works CitedCarol, Off. 2000. The Lion, the Fox, and the Eagle: A History 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 by Slobodan Milosevic. 1995. INTERVIEW WITH SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC AT TIME MAGAZINEsell, Louis. Problems of post-communism. 1999. ""Slobodan Milosevic." ." Academic Research Premier,, November : 6: 12.Stiglmayer, Alexandra. 1994. Mass Rape: The War on Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Lincoln: University of Nebrask Press.THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. 2001. CASE N. IT-01-50-I (The Hague).