I realize that Yugoslavia was different and was not controlled by Russia like other communistic bloc countries were, however, to the average person in the west, particularly the U.S., they WERE a part of the eastern bloc. You have to understand that in the West, again particularly in the U.S., all communists were lumped together. And you can debate the point as to whether Yugoslavia was communist or socialist or something else, but again, ask a farmer in Iowa, and he'd say communist.
Again, I know it ain't fair, but ...
Dzinerbear