The Balkans Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999,9780140233773

The Balkans Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999

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ISBN13: 9780140233773
ISBN10: 0140233776
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-09-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary

This unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century gives readers the essential historical background to recent events in this war-torn area. No other book covers the entire region, or offers such profound insights into the roots of Balkan violence, or explains so vividly the origins of modern Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania. Misha Glenny presents a lucid and fair-minded account of each national group in the Balkans and its struggle for statehood. The narrative is studded with sharply observed portraits of kings, guerrillas, bandits, generals, and politicians. Glenny also explores the often-catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the Great Powers, raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention.

Author Biography

The longtime central European correspondent for the BBC World Service based in Vienna, Misha Glenny has lived in and worked all over the Balkans. His books include The Rebirth of History and The Fall of Yugoslavia, winner of the 1992 Overseas Press Club Award for Best Book on Foreign Affairs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi
Maps
xx
Introduction xxi
A confederacy of peasants
Rebellion and revolution, 1804-66
1(69)
The realm of ruins
Reform and decay, 1839-78
70(65)
A maze of conspiracy
The southern Balkans, 1878-1914
135(114)
The empire of illusions
The northern Balkans, 1878-1914
249(58)
A house of wars
War and peace, 1914-24
307(86)
The palaces of deceit
The royal dictatorships, 1923-41
393(85)
City of the dead
Occupation, genocide, liberation, civil war, 1941-9
478(67)
Prisons of history
Communism and militarism, 1949-89
545(89)
Epilogue: The Balkan Vortex
Nationalism, war and NATO, 1989-99
634(29)
Glossary 663(4)
Notes 667(20)
Bibliography 687(14)
Index 701

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