The Nehaj Protocol: Pirates Raised by a Border, and a State That Said 'Not Us'
The strongest wind ever recorded in Croatia hit 248 km/h. A few thousand refugees on bare rock turned it into a business partner and held Venice, the Habsburgs, and the Ottomans by the throat for four centuries. This is the story of the Uskoks of Senj — pirates raised by a border and unpaid wages. And about the Nehaj Protocol: four moves by which any empire creates an uncontrollable force of its own, then pretends it isn't hers.
