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===International marine resources and Yugoslav peasants===
After he arrived in the US, Tomasevich undertook two significant projects. The first book was ''International Agreements on Preservation of Marine Resources'', that was published by [[Stanford University Press]] in 1943. Vucinich described this work as "a highly competent inquiry into international relations in the Pacific basin centered on an issue of vital economic importance".{{sfn|Vucinich|1995}} The second book, ''Peasants, Politics, and Economic Change in Yugoslavia'' was published in 1955, and was described by Vucinich as "a study of monumental scope [which] has been widely recognized as the most comprehensive and accomplished study in the field". Vucinich observed that the book was an "impressive testimony to Tomasevich's ability both to penetrate the depths of messages carried by documentary material and to be scrupulously careful in drawing conclusions". He concluded that Tomasevich had been "eminently successful in placing the economic problems of the Yugoslav peasantry within a larger social, political and historical framework".{{sfn|Vucinich|1995}} The political scientist Zachary T. Irwin described the book as "magisterial".{{sfn|Irwin|2000}} Irwin T. Sanders of the Department of Sociology at the University of Kentucky reviewed the book in 1956 and stated that it was "the best book available for anyone wishing to understand the socio-economic pre-Communist background of Yugoslavia". He went on to write that the book contained realistic evaluations of the peasant political parties, and concluded that "there is little question about the soundness of his economic analysis or his description of the participation of the peasant in national life".{{sfn|Sanders|1956}}
[[File:DragoljubMihailovic8e09281v.jpg|thumb|[[Draža Mihailović]] was the titular leader of the Chetnik movement in Yugoslavia during World War II.|alt=a black and white photograph of a man in uniform wearing glasses]]
===World War II===
In 1957, Tomasevich received a San Francisco State University grant for Slavic and Eastern European studies.{{sfn|ACLS|2011}} This led to work on a planned trilogy of the history of [[Yugoslavia during World War II]], with an overall title of ''War and Revolution in Yugoslavia 1941–1945''. The first volume focused on the [[Chetniks|Chetnik movement]] led by [[Draža Mihailović]], which was subtitled ''The Chetniks'' and appeared in 1975. According to Vucinich, it was "basically a study in politics, ideology and military operations, although the role of the economic factor has not been overlooked".{{sfn|Vucinich|1995}} Soon after it was published, the book was reviewed by [[Phyllis Auty]], professor of modern history at [[Simon Fraser University]]. Auty described the work as "a most impressive... scholarly examination of evidence",{{sfn|Auty|1976}} that was meticulously referenced, and a "deceptively lucid account of a most complex and difficult subject".{{sfn|Auty|1976}} Auty praised Tomasevich's detachment from the subject, she stated that it was "likely to remain the standard book on this subject for a long time."{{sfn|Auty|1976}} In Tomasevich's obituary, Vucinich observed that ''The Chetniks'' was "clearly the most exhaustive study so far of the military forces of Yugoslavia dedicated to the restoration of the Serbian monarchy after the end of World War II", and that the book "casts significant light on the multiple facets of the conflict between the Chetniks and Partisans".{{sfn|Vucinich|1995}} The Croatian historian [[Ivo Goldstein]], writing in 2002, stated that ''The Chetniks'' "is still the most complete and best book about the Chetniks to be published either abroad or in former Yugoslavia".{{sfn|Goldstein|2002}} An alternative view of the book was advanced by the [[Serbian-American]] political scientist and professor at [[Vanderbilt University]], [[Alex N. Dragnich]], who accused Tomasevich's book of consistent bias against the Chetnik movement and a lack of understanding of its problems, as well as significantly overstating Chetnik collaboration with the enemy. Dragnich considered that the book's concluding chapter betrayed "an almost gleeful view of Serbian misfortunes". He also stated that the book was excessively long and repetitive.{{sfn|Dragnich|1976}} John C. Campbell of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] reviewed the book positively and stated that ''The Chetniks'' provided "mountains of evidence that [the Chetnik] collaboration was manifold, massive and continuous".{{sfn|Campbell|1976}}
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