The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2012
Title | The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2012 PDF eBook |
Author | Misha Glenny |
Publisher | House of Anansi |
Pages | 427 |
Release | 2012-09-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1770892745 |
From the bestselling author of McMafia and DarkMarket comes this unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century which gives readers the essential historical background to more than one hundred years of 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. Now updated to include the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, the capture of all indicted war criminals from the Yugoslav wars and each state's quest for legitimacy in the European Union, The Balkans explores the often catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the Great Powers, raising some disturbing questions about Western intervention.
The Balkans
Title | The Balkans PDF eBook |
Author | Misha Glenny |
Publisher | Viking Adult |
Pages | 760 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"In a survey of Balkan history since the early nineteenth century, Misha Glenny provides the essential background to recent events in this war-torn area. No other book covers the entire region and 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. Many readers will welcome the author's insights into the final century of Ottoman rule, a complex and colorful period essential for understanding today's conflicts." "Glenny's account of each national group in the Balkans and its struggle for statehood is lucid and fair-minded, and he brings the culture of different nationalisms to life. The narrative is permeated with sharply observed set pieces and portraits of kings, guerrillas, bandits, generals and politicians. He interweaves a narrative of key events with the story of international affairs - the relations between states in the Balkans and between them and the great powers."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Balkans
Title | The Balkans PDF eBook |
Author | Misha Glenny |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 802 |
Release | 2012-09-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1101610999 |
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.
The Balkans, 1804-1999
Title | The Balkans, 1804-1999 PDF eBook |
Author | Misha Glenny |
Publisher | |
Pages | 756 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
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A survey of two centuries of history, providing a background for general readers on the terrible events happening in the Balkans. It gives insights into the roots of the region's reputation for violence and explains the origins of modern Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Bulgaria and Albania.
A Modern History of the Balkans
Title | A Modern History of the Balkans PDF eBook |
Author | Thanos Veremis |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2017-02-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1786731053 |
The history of the Balkans has been a distillation of the great and terrible themes of 20th century history-the rise of nationalism, communism, fascism, genocide, identity and war. Written by one of the leading historians of the region, this is a new interpretation of that history, focusing on the uses and legacies of nationalism in the Balkan region. In particular, Professor Veremis analyses the influence of the West-from the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the rise and collapse of Yugoslavia. Throughout the state-building process of Greece, Serbia, Rumania, Bulgaria and later, Albania, the West provided legal, administrative and political prototypes to areas bedevilled by competing irredentist claims. At a time when Slovenia, Rumania, Bulgaria and Croatia have become full members of the EU, yet some orphans of the Communist past are facing domestic difficulties, A Modern History of the Balkans seeks to provide an important historical context to the current problems of nationalism and identity in the Balkans.
War and Change in the Balkans
Title | War and Change in the Balkans PDF eBook |
Author | Brad K. Blitz |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2006-10-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521677738 |
A contemporary history of the Balkans from the break-up of Yugoslavia to the present day, first published in 2006.
The Balkans, 1804–2012
Title | The Balkans, 1804–2012 PDF eBook |
Author | Misha Glenny |
Publisher | Granta Books |
Pages | 800 |
Release | 2012-11-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1847087728 |
In this celebrated, landmark history of the Balkans, Misha Glenny investigates the roots of the bloodshed, invasions and nationalist fervour that have come to define our understanding of the south-eastern edge of Europe. In doing so, he reveals that groups we think of as implacable enemies have, over the centuries, formed unlikely alliances, thereby disputing the idea that conflict in the Balkans is the ineluctable product of ancient grudges. And he exposes the often-catastrophic relationship between the Balkans and the rest of Europe, raising profound questions about recent Western intervention. Updated to cover the last decade's brutal conflicts in Kosovo and Macedonia, the surge of organised crime in the region, the rise of Turkey and the rocky road to EU membership, The Balkans remains the essential and peerless study of Europe's most complex and least understood region.