IntroductionPart 1: Nation and Myth in Public and Political DiscourseThe Rise of the 'National We': Reconfiguring Serbian NationalismKosovo and 'Heavenly Serbia': National Mythology in Culture and Politics, 1980s-Present'Coming to Terms with the Past' Twelve Years after Ethnic ConflictsPart 2: National Mythology and Common Sense in Conflict NarrativesNarrating Ethnic Conflicts and the NATO Air StrikesVictimhood and Threat in Conflict NarrativesBlame Attribution and Conspiracy Theory as Causes of ConflictsPart 3: 'The Nation' and Denial of War CrimesAspects and Mechanisms of DenialMilosevic and Mladic as Defenders of the NationConclusion