30.10.2015
Friday at the Book Fair
On the stand of Odbrana Media Centre, today, two books were presented - "2. Call Division of Sumadija (1914-1915) - memoirs of General Dragutin Milutinovic", prepared by Aleksandar Zivotic and "Religious service in the Serbian Armed Forces - Impact on operations of the Army" by Stevica S Karapandzin.In a series of legacies of famous Serbian war commanders, according to its original richness and diversity, stands out the legacy of General Dragutin Milutinovic, deposited in the treasury of the Archive of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences. The intellectual force of General Milutinovic and his role in the liberation wars of Serbia give his writings a special historical value. In addition to the author, the book was presented by reviewers - academician Ljubodrag Dimic and professor Dr. Mira Radojevic. Joint assessment of both reviewers was that memoirs of General Dragutin Milutinovic introduce the public to the personality of a remarkable man, soldier and intellectual. The contribution of the author, Dr. Aleksandar Zivotic is particularly important in the scientific sense because the extensive memoirs and personal observations of the famous military leaders puts in a clear historical context.
The book by Colonel Stevica Karapandzin represents genuine and original analysis of the newly established religious service in the Serbian Armed Forces and its impact on the preparation and realization of operations of the Army. The book was presented by reviewers Colonel Prof. Rade Slavkovic and Prof. Dr. Bogoljub Sijakovic.
Founded on original research of the relationship between the religious and the secular, and their influence on the historical development of religious service in the army, the Serbian Army and those that were in the former Yugoslavia, this book is of great importance in humanities and social sciences and in the theory of science of defence, because it brings new views on the religious service for the past, present and future in the Serbian Armed Forces.This year, Odbrana Media Centre will for the first time at the Book Fair present one of its exhibitions from the Art Gallery Collection of the Central Military Club - "Little Stories from the Great War." The setting was a result of cooperation with the Alliance of Descendants of Serbian Warriors 1912-1920 and the Museum of Osecina, and it will be exhibited at the stand of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the region (Hall 4), from 30 October to 1 November. The exhibition will be followed by the debate "Serbian Soldier: Love of the Fatherland", scheduled for 30 October at 15 o’clock, where speeches will be given by Colonel Stevica S Karapandzin, Director of Odbrana Media Centre, Prof. Dr. Sci. Med. Zoran J Vojic, psychiatrist; Miroslav Jacimovic, historian of the Vojvodina Archive and Aleksandar Vasilic, author and head of the project "Album of memories of our ancestors from the First World War."
